IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 23861 accession number: MAR.O.45 & A-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Box, lacquer and mother of pearl. Rectangular box and seated lid (A) with bevelled edges. The black lacquer ground on the exterior has brown patches resembling tortoiseshell and is finely inlaid with mother of pearl. The central medallion contains an exotic bird with outspread wings and is surrounded by six pairs of entwined doves holding a spray of scrolling foliage in their beaks. In each of the corners of the lid is a scrolling flower spray and two bands of flower heads border the edges. The sides of the lower section are inlaid with six doves and scrolling foliage. The interior and the base are black. title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23861 SUBJECTS ------------------- bird doves foliage bird doves foliage TECHNIQUES ---------- lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1850 - 1912 creation date earliest: 1850 creation date latest: 1912 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868) culture: Meiji Period (1868-1912) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 13.8 dimension: Length units: cm value: 35.1 dimension: Width units: cm value: 27.7