Ewer (Translation)
根来塗湯桶 江戶初期 (Primary Title)
Sake pot (Former Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The elegant form of this ewer suggests it was made in the early Edo period and perhaps used for tea ceremony. Negoro lacquerware was made originally by 12th-century monks of the Negoro Temple as daily and ritual utensils for holding food and wine. In 1585, when the temple was destroyed by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537–1598), monks fled and brought the techniques to other regions of Japan.
Nagoro lacquere 根来塗
Edo period (1615-1868)
None
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Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Fund
"Treasures from the Virginia Museum Featuring the Faberge Collection", North Carolina Museum of Art, April 21 - June 3, 1979
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