A Negoro lacquer round three-scalloped-legged stand for religious offeringsMuromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century
The graceful form consisting of a top flat surface typically covered with rubbed red and black lacquer that emerges from beneath the worn red surface, attesting to its long use, within a glossy black border, the underside inscribed in red lacquer, with a lacquered wood storage box. 10.5cm x 29.4cm (4¼in x 11½in). (2).注脚For a very similar stand also dated Muromachi Period (1333-1573), please see Hosomi Kokoan, Negoro no bi (Beauty of Negoro Lacquer), Osaka, Naniwasha, 1966, p.43, no.40; a second stand dated from the Kamakura (1185-13333) period, see Fujita Museum, Kokoihin to Negoronuri (zenki)/Sumie to Karatsuyaki (koki) (Archaeological Relics and Negoro Lacquer Ware [the First Part] /Ink Paintings and Karatsu Ware [the Second Part]), exhibition catalogue, Okayama, 1984, p.8, no.3.