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Inro: MAR.O.25-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Lacquer inro with four divisions and a sanago ground. Various gold lacquer techniques, depicting a boatman greeting spring blossoms on trees, which are already shedding petals on the stream. Hills in the distance.
Nashiji lining and risers. Gold lacquer signature with red lacquer jar shaped kakihan.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Length: 8.3 cm
Width: 7 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century-19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1800

Materials used in production

Ground colour
Lacquer

Techniques used in production

Nashiji
Lacquering

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.25-1912
Primary reference Number: 138262
Raphael list number: 33
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 4 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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