Tray (1392–1573): Art, History and Details
Tray at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1392–1573, Negoro lacquer on wood. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Tray (1392–1573) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.
Object facts
- Title: Tray
- Date: 1392–1573
- Culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
- Type: Lacquer
- Technique: Negoro lacquer on wood
- Dimensions: Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
- Collection: Japanese Art
- Department: Japanese Art
- Accession number: 1973.16
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Further reading listed by the museum
- “The Year in Review for 1973.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31–79.
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