IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23861
accession number:	MAR.O.45 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 20 March 2019

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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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
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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:	http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23861


SUBJECTS
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bird
doves
foliage
bird
doves
foliage



TECHNIQUES
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lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1850 - 1912
creation date earliest:	1850
creation date latest:	1912
culture:	Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868)
culture:	Meiji Period (1868-1912)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 13.8

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 35.1

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 27.7