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Tray
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About this work
Negoro is a lacquer technique (named after the Negoro temple in Japan) in which several layers of red lacquer are applied over a black lacquer undercoating. Through years of handling, a natural surface of red and black random patterns results.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTray, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Negoro lacquer on wood; diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.16
