IDENTIFIERS
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id:	22208
accession number:	MAR.O.18 & A & B-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lacquer inro. A three case inro with four divisions, of standard shape. The roiro (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) and kinpun (fine gold powder) ground is decorated in gold and silver togidashi (a hiramakie design is covered completely with lacquer and polished until the design reappears flush with the ground) with a circular roiro panel showing Toba the calligraphist riding his mule and wearing his large hat and the reverse is decorated with a bamboo grove. 
The risers and compartments are in silver lacquer and the shoulders and rims are fundame (matt gold).
Signature with a red kakihan.
title:	inro

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/22208





TECHNIQUES
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roiro
TECHNIQUES
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togidashi
TECHNIQUES
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lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: netsuke

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 7.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 8