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Box: MAR.O.67 & A-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

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Description

Box, lacquer. Box in the shape of a peach with a seated lid (A) and a flat base decorated in gold, black and red. The lid is carved in the form of a peach (emblematic of longevity with foliage in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and okibirame (flat flakes of gold individually positioned using a wooden skewer). The dull red lacquer is powdered with gold. The lower section has a stalk and is similarly decorated in gold and red. It has a flat, gold base. The interior is in nashiji (shimmering spangles).

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 5.4 cm
Length: 8.6 cm
Width: 7.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa 1700 - 1868

Components of the work

Decoration composed of lacquer gold
Lid

Techniques used in production

Lacquering : Box, lacquer, with a carved lid with decoration in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and okibirame (flat flakes of gold individually positioned using a wooden skewer), interior in nashiji

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.67 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24049
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 4 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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