Box, lacquer with lid (A). Rectangular box in two shallow convex halves. The black ground has traces of brown and red showing through and is decorated in gold with two scrolling floral sprays on each side in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design). The interior is decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles).
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 1.4 cm
Length: 6.8 cm
Width: 4.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1868
Decoration composed of lacquer
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, decorated with hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji (shimmering spangles)
Accession number: MAR.O.57 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 23963
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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