Maker: Unknown
Lacquer inro. There are five divisions fitted in to an outer case, with a black ground. Aogai shell inlay, with a ho ho bird and bamboo.
On the reverse, there is a peacock and peony.
The outer case is decorated with a diaper pattern of aogai shell inlay on a black lacquer ground. Large window front and reverse.
Charles Brinsley Marlay Bequest
Length: 8.4 cm
Width: 7.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
20th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1900
Inlay composed of shell ( aogai shell)
black
Ground colour
Lacquer
Accession number: MAR.O.9-1912
Primary reference Number: 204599
Raphael list number: 10
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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