A Negoro Square Oshiki [Serving Tray]

Muromachi period (15th century)

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A Negoro Square Oshiki [Serving Tray]
Muromachi period (15th century)
Of assembled hinoki [Japanese cypress] wood with flat base and straight sides with angled corners, the red lacquer worn away over time to reveal the black lacquer surface beneath, the base in black lacquer with a worn inscription in red lacquer
30.3cm. square

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Lot Essay

For further examples and information about oshiki, see:
Miho Museum and Kawada Sadamu ed., Shuurushi Negoro Chusei ni saita hana [Negoro: Efflorescence of Medieval Japanese Lacquerware], (Tokyo, 2013), p.164-191 and 358
Kawada Sadamu, Negoro Lacquer, (Kyoto, 1985), p.32-45 and p.316-317

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