Muromachi period (15th century)

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A Negoro Tenmokudai [Stand for a Tenmoku Teabowl]
Muromachi period (15th century)
Of turned and assembled wood, with a cup-shaped support with rounded sides and everted foot, the red lacquer surface worn in places revealing the black lacquer beneath, black lacquer rim
17cm. diam.

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For other examples and more information about tenmokudai, see:
Miho Museum and Kawada Sadamu ed., Shuurushi Negoro Chusei ni saita hana [Negoro: Efflorescence of Medieval Japanese Lacquerware], (Tokyo, 2013), p.284-89 and 361
Kawada Sadamu, Negoro Lacquer, (Kyoto, 1985), p.214-220 and p.328-329

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