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    "localId": "147415",
    "label": "Tray",
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    "id": "147415",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Tray",
    "description": "Negoro is a lacquer technique (named after the Negoro temple in Japan) in which several layers of red lacquer are applied over a black lacquer undercoating. Through years of handling, a natural surface of red and black random patterns results.",
    "date": "1392–1573",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.16",
    "rights": "CC0",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); Overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)"
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    "accession": "1973.16"
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    "tec": "Negoro lacquer on wood",
    "tombstone": "Tray, 1392–1573. Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573). Negoro lacquer on wood; diameter: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.); overall: 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1973.16",
    "collection": "Japanese Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (February 1974): 31–79.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: no. 201, p. 79",
            "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513"
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    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
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    "updatedAt": "2026-06-18 21:17:44.813000",
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