Tea Caddy (Chaire) (lid), 1500s. Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573). Negoro lacquer on wood; diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.). 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.

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