Box, lacquer. Rectangular box with a seated lid (A). The lid and sides are decorated in a dull gold and silver-grey ground in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design)
and hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with a bird perched on a japonica branch; the flowers and fruit are in red lacquer with gold details. There are six paw prints under the tree; the black ground of the paw prints is highlighted with grey and gold nashiji (shimmering spangles ). The interior is in dense nashiji, with a clump of iris and bamboo in the bottom left corner of the lid. The black base is decorated with coarse nashiji.
C.B. Maralay Bequest
Height: 2.1 cm
Length: 9.2 cm
Width: 7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
-
1868
Decoration composed of lacquer gold
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, lid and sides decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), interior is in dense nashiji
Accession number: MAR.O.65 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24036
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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