A Negoro lacquer tenmoku-dai (stand for a teabowl) Muromachi Period
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Negoro lacquer
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A Negoro lacquer tenmoku-dai (stand for a teabowl)
Muromachi Period
The graceful form consists of an open, hollow centre and low flared foot, the circular rim of the hozugi (area where teabowl rests) lacquered a glossy black contrasting beautifully with the red surface, with wood storage box. 5.2cm x 14.5cm (2in x 5 5/8in). (2).
Sold for £6,875 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • 根来天目台　室町時代　

    Published and Exhibited: Okura Museum of Art, Tokubetsuten, Negoro (Special Exhibition, Negoro), Catalogue, Tokyo, 2009, p.141, colour pl., no.109.

    Lacquer cup stands in plain black and red were brought to Japan along with the practice of drinking tea in order to sustain health and observe long periods of meditation in Zen monasteries, probably by Eisai (1141-1215), who promoted both tea drinking and Zen in Japan. He founded Kennin-ji, the temple in Kyoto, and a special ceremony that re-creates the original style of tea service practiced during the Muromachi Period is observed and celebrated today on the anniversary of his birth.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art

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