Tray
1392–1573
- Medium
- Negoro lacquer on wood
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- Lacquer
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
About
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.