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Inro: MAR.O.8 & A-1912

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Zeshin, Shibata (School of)

Entities

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Description

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.

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 1.8 cm
Height: 7 cm
Width: 5.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

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

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century, Late#
Circa 1800 - 1900

Components of the work

Overlay composed of silver metal

Materials used in production

brown lacquer Ground colour
Lacquer

Techniques used in production

Hiramakie
Takamakie
Overlaying
Lacquering

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.8 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 22193
Raphael list number: 9
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 17 July 2015 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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