A large Negoro-style yuto (hot water ewer)Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-1868) period, early 17th centuryOf turned wood decorated in red lacquer, the black-lacquer undercoat visible along the edges, the vessel set on a splayed foot, the flat shoulder below a tapering cylindrical neck ending in a rolled rim, with a large loop handle and tapering, upward-turning spout, the circular cover finished with a button-shaped finial, the interior black lacquer, inscribed on the underside of the cover and the foot Toyo hachi 14 1/4in (36.2cm) high