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MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (LATE 16TH-17TH CENTURY)
A MASSIVE BLACK AND RED LACQUERED WOOD HANGING EWER, NEGORO WARE MOMOYAMA - EDO PERIOD (LATE 16TH-17TH CENTURY) Round, with tall, curving walls and with extended u-shaped spout, fitted with four opposing loop rings of copper to accommodate cords to suspend the ewer, each metal loop secured below the rim of the vessel with four round-head nails that are not visible on the smooth lacquer interior; the inner and exterior surfaces covered predominantly with red lacquer with intrusions of black lacquer, more pronounced in five streaks and small dots of black in the well of the basin and in one large streak on the exterior wall; the raised foot ring encircling a shallow recessed base applied with black lacquer; inscribed on the flat base in black lacquer Todaiji (the temple Todaiji) and illegible date 19 5/8 in. (50.7 cm.) diameter Provenance Todaiji Temple, Nara Prefecture Todoroki Takashi (1938-2016), Tokyo