IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23898
accession number:	MAR.O.48 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 4 January 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Box, lacquer, the base with white metal liner. Rectangular box of four tiers with a cover (A). The design is divided diagonally into two parts, the ground being half gold and half black, the former decorated with gold flowers and scrolling foliage detailed in black in low-relief, and the latter with flowers and scrolling foliage in gold and silver with details in black. The gilding on the foliage is worn in parts revealing traces of red. The lowest tier has two recessed rectangular grooves with raised white metal fillings (probably silver alloyed with copper). The remains of textiles in the grooves suggest it once had ribbon ties. The interior and base are decorated with dense nashiji (shimmering spangles) and the lowest tier is lined with white metal (probably silver alloyed with copper) with a nashiji rim.
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:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23898


SUBJECTS
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foliage
flowers
foliage
flowers



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, the base with white metal liner, decorated on a ground half gold and half black
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1615 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1615
creation date latest:	1868
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 6.4

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 7.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.4