Zeshin, Shibata (School of)
Lacquer inro with silver metal overlay. A one case inro, two divisions, of standard shape. The brown lacquer ground is decorated in black and gold and silver hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with, on one side, an eboshi (nobleman's hat) resting on a tasselled black lacquer piece of furniture with a branch of flowering plum which extends to the reverse. The flowers are overlaid in silver metal. The riser and compartment are black lacquer with silver-grey shoulders.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Diameter: 1.8 cm
Height: 7 cm
Width: 5.1 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century, Late#
Circa
1800
-
1900
Overlay composed of silver metal
brown lacquer
Ground colour
Lacquer
Hiramakie
Takamakie
Overlaying
Lacquering
Accession number: MAR.O.8 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 22193
Raphael list number: 9
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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