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Tea Caddy (Chaire)
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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 emerges, an aesthetic highly prized by the Japanese.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineTea Caddy (Chaire), 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Negoro lacquer on wood; diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1988.56
