IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23977
accession number:	MAR.O.59 & 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, 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).
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/23977


SUBJECTS
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lily
chrysanthemum
lily
chrysanthemum



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

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1700
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: 1.2

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 4.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 1.6