id: 154243
accession number: 1988.56.b
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Tea Caddy (Chaire) (lid), 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.b
title: Tea Caddy (Chaire) (lid)
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creation date: 1500s
creation date earliest: 1500
creation date latest: 1599
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creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: Japan, Muromachi period (1392-1573)
technique: Negoro lacquer on wood
department: Japanese Art
collection: Japanese Art
type: Lacquer
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measurements: Diameter: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Century Art in Japan
opening date: 1991-10-19T04:00:00
The Triumph of Japanese Style: 16th Century Art in Japan. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19-December 1, 1991).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland Museum of Art, 1989: Year in Review 1988.
Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991: Triumph of Japanese Style.
Main Asian Rotation (Gallery 120); March 4, 2003 - July 22, 2003.
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PROVENANCE
(London Gallery, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: ?-1988
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1988-
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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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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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.
page number: Reproduced: p. 122
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