The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Tea Caddy (Chaire)
1500s
(1392–1573)
Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
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.- ?-1988(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1988-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cunningham, Michael R. The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th-Century Art in Japan. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with the Indiana University Press, 1991. Reproduced: p. 122
- The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19-December 1, 1991).Scholar's Studio. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 19-December 17, 1989).The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.56