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Inro: MAR.O.42-1912

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

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Description

Lacquer inro with five divisions. Brown ground decorated in low relief with gold, and inlaid with coral and shell. Depicting flowering plants and five butterflies, with flowering plants and a grasshopper on the reverse. Risers and lining nashiji

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Length: 8.5 cm
Width: 6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

18th Century-19th Century
1700 CE - 1899 CE

Materials used in production

Lacquer

Techniques used in production

Lacquering

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.42-1912
Primary reference Number: 204625
Raphael list number: 50
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Audit data

Created: Monday 20 July 2015 Updated: Tuesday 12 January 2016 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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