IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 23931 accession number: MAR.O.52 & A-D-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Tuesday 29 April 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lacquer box, kogo (box for the incense ceremony). Rectangular box with overhanging lid (A) and two cusped sides containing two smaller rectangular boxes (B & C) and a tray (D). The cover is decorated with silver and gold flowering branches in low-relief on a powdered gold and black lacquer ground. The two smaller boxes have seated lids and are decorated with gold and silver scattered flower heads in low-relief on a gold fundame (matt) ground, with nashiji (shimmering spangles) interior. The tray is decorated in low-relief with a floral spray in gold and silver on a dense nashiji ground and gold fundame rim. The lower section has a circular hole to one side, and the interior and base are decorated with nashiji. 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/23931 SUBJECTS ------------------- branches branches TECHNIQUES ---------- box, lacquer, decorated in low-relief on a powdered gold and black lacquer ground and on a gold fundame (matt) ground, interior, base and tray are decorated with nashiji lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1868 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1868 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868) culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.8 dimension: Length units: cm value: 5.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 4.6