IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 127138 accession number: MAR.O.1-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lacquer inro. A five case inro, six divisions, of standard shape. The silver lacquer ground is decorated in shades of gold, silver, black and red togidashi (hiramakie design covered with lacquer and polished until the design reappears flush with the ground) on one side, with a crested, long-tailed cocl bird seated on the branches of a red-leaved maple tree, and on the other side, a crested hen bird seated on the branches of a maple tree. The compartments and risers are gold nashiji (shimmering spangles); the shoulders and rims are fundame (matt gold). The cord channel is external; there is no cord. An 18th century inro, redecorated in the 20th century title: inro LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/127138 SUBJECTS ------------------- cock maple cock maple TECHNIQUES ---------- polishing TECHNIQUES ---------- lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: accessory DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1868 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1868 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 9.2 dimension: Width units: cm value: 5.2