1592984181000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-23982 1755194533143 1714400306000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-23982 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23982 00c72b08-0df1-371a-90d9-cff0314ec648 5 reference term-31499 adlib-term-31499 32bb5d6c-9a2c-3e8f-b998-5f9468b062b8 lacquer reference term-107444 adlib-term-107444 571df7cf-e062-3968-ae5e-bec9d5a82f92 C. B. Marlay reference term-31499 adlib-term-31499 32bb5d6c-9a2c-3e8f-b998-5f9468b062b8 lacquer reference term-32923 adlib-term-32923 80451834-13fc-3c48-9d3a-2ecb13f8d1b2 mother-of-pearl reference term-33932 adlib-term-33932 c06b0f3c-5015-3329-a42d-042d0cd5fc5c twine reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration mother-of-pearl and gut/twine reference term-115812 adlib-term-115812 5ff69ea6-7a8e-307d-89e3-0a960ba42e8a applying reference term-32234 adlib-term-32234 96ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fe wood (plant material) Box Cover underside reference term-99224 adlib-term-99224 0dd6c35a-f238-311e-bb01-05b9ce4dc61e bas-relief Lower Section polished to deep gloss reference term-109697 adlib-term-109697 9b6a9eb6-8667-3800-b78a-800ee0da14f7 roiro reference term-25536 adlib-term-25536 dc50e6b9-2ea9-373f-b7ab-4ee201ca0256 birds Applied Arts Box, wood and lacquer applied with mother of pearl and gut/twine. Box in the shape of a biwa. The lower section is of black lacquer polished to a deep gloss (roiro) with a gold edge. The neck has five frets; the four gut/twine strings are fastened to four tapered wooden pegs which are waisted at the outer end and lodged in the holes on the neck. The peg-board at the end of the neck is applied with gold. The cover (A) has four strings and is applied with two mother of pearl discs, one of a sun and one of a moon. The underside is decorated in low-relief with a bird in flight, in gold with a red crest, on a black roiro ground. MAR.O.60 & A-1912 1 accession number MAR.O.60 & A-1912 23982 priref 23982 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23982 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23982 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum C.B. Marlay Bequest reference agent-149674 adlib-agent-149674 de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32b Marlay, Charles Brinsley 1912 1912 1912 bequeathed Charles Brinsley Marlay died on the 18th June 1912 1700 1700 1700 circa 1700 1868 probably 18th or 19th century 1 1868 1868 1868 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-14428 adlib-term-14428 200f5ab8-f89b-38be-ae38-36dcf51a0068 Edo Period (1615-1868) reference term-107800 adlib-term-107800 dedd7a4b-37c6-37eb-a940-3ef5964f74ae literal Japan Japan country Japan Height cm 3.3 Length cm 14.9 Width cm 6.2 reference term-106246 adlib-term-106246 3c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0 box reference term-107478 adlib-term-107478 81002e74-5083-37b8-a429-4a303fc40695 cover reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum object name reference term-107010 adlib-term-107010 bd1232e3-9d36-331f-b8a8-98b1680525be sun object name reference term-106929 adlib-term-106929 49cb7833-dcd9-3537-917a-072f1b215ada moon animal reference term-106419 adlib-term-106419 6a020a7a-d710-3cb6-af17-8cd664abcf90 bird activity reference term-108592 adlib-term-108592 e8e23927-f8e4-3a97-acf6-95a4d4717770 flying literal sun sun literal moon moon literal bird bird literal flying flying

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box wood and lacquer applied with mother of pearl and gut/twine, the lower section is polished to a deep gloss (roiro), the underside of the cover is decorated in low-relief reference term-28684 adlib-term-28684 f88af0dd-e292-3772-9b52-93a92a1f5ef6 lacquering object OBJECT