IDENTIFIERS
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id:	16611
accession number:	O.4-1969

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Clothes box with bamboo, pine and prunus. Lacquer on wooden core, inlaid with mother of pearl. Choson Dynasty. This box which is covered with black-lacquered shark-skin and lined with paper, is completely enclosed by its cover, which reaches down to the base. The corners are protected by iron fittings. The reddish-brown lacquer is inlaid with mother of pearl. The top is divided into three zones, which are decorated, respectively, with a crane among bamboo, a bird's nest in a pine tree, and another crane flying above a prunus tree. The sides are inlaid with a composite flower-scroll. Where the lacquer is missing the underdrawing of the design in black ink is revealed on the wooden core.
title:	box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Bought from Bluett & Sons 1969, who bought it from London Gallery Ltd., Tokyo 1968


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Bought with the Cunliffe Fund

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16611


SUBJECTS
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bamboo
pine
prunus
bamboo
pine
prunus



CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)
culture:	18th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 10.7

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 66.0

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 35.9



CITATIONS
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Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue
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