Maker: Unknown
Lacquer inro with four divisions, and a black ground. Decorated with hiramakie and haliotis shell, depicting a banana plant, and a snail on a leaf. On the reverse is a red bodied dragonfly. Black risers and lining.
False signature added later
Charles Brinsley Marlay Bequest
Length: 10 cm
Width: 8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century, Early#
1800
CE
-
1850
CE
black
Ground colour
haliotis
Shell
Lacquer
Accession number: MAR.O.27-1912
Primary reference Number: 204612
Raphael list number: 35
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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