IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23973
accession number:	MAR.O.58 & 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: Lacquer box for the incense ceremony. Box, lacquer with lid (A). Rectangular box with two cut-away sides, in the shape of two fans. The dull gold ground is decorated in black, red, orange, brown, green and gold in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), and the top and base of the fan are moulded with raised diaper pattern/brocade borders in gold. One fan is decorated with a seated noble, his attendants and five court ladies in flowing robes, and the other fan depicts nine small figures beside two rice stooks (?). The sides of the box are decorated with six fans?/kites and eight shells/pearls. The interior and the base are decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles). The lid fits on either way round.
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/23973

PEOPLE
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ladies
attendants
Noble

SUBJECTS
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fans
shells
flower sprays
fans
shells
flower sprays



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, decorated with hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji (shimmering spangles)
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1868
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 1.8

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 4.2