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).
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.4 cm
Length: 8.6 cm
Width: 7.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
-
1868
Decoration
composed of
lacquer
gold
Lid
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
Accession number: MAR.O.67 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24049
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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