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A LARGE NEGORO-STYLE YUTO (HOT
WATER EWER)
Momoyama (1573-1615) or Edo (1615-
1868) period, early 17th century
Of 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

$6,000 - 8,000
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A NEGORO-STYLE FOOTED TRAY AND
SAKE POURER
Momoyama (1573-1615) and Edo period
(1615-1868), 17th and 18th century
Each of carved and assembled wood, the
tray set on four bracket feet, with flat base
and outward-sloping sides finishing in an
everted rim, the red lacquer much worn
revealing the black lacquer beneath, the
underside lacquered black; the sake pourer
set on a shallow, splayed foot and with an
upward-pointing spout, the black-lacquer
undercoat showing along the rim
2 11/16 x 17 1/16 x 11 5/8in (6.8 x 43.4 x
522 29.5cm), the tray, 7 1/4in (18.5cm) diameter,
the pourer
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
The tray previously sold, Christie’s, London,
November 13, 2002, lot 63

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