Box, lacquer, with lid. Small elongated oval box. The black ground on the lid and base is finely powdered in gold and silver and the sides are decorated with a gold and silver diaper-pattern; the lid has a floral spray of a lily and a chrysanthemum in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design). The interior is decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles).
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 1.2 cm
Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 1.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
-
1868
Decoration composed of lacquer
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, decorated with hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), the interior decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles)
Accession number: MAR.O.59 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 23977
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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