noun
lacquerware; lacquered item
Refers to objects coated with lacquer (urushi), including traditional Japanese lacquerware. Also used more broadly for painted or coated items.
この塗り物の盆は、祖母から譲り受けたものです。
This lacquered tray was handed down from my grandmother.
展示会では、美しい塗り物の器が並んでいた。
At the exhibition, beautiful lacquerware bowls were on display.
Compound of 塗り (nuri, 'painting, coating', the continuative form of 塗る nuru 'to paint, to coat') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). Literally 'coated thing'.