IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24058
accession number:	MAR.O.68 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 4 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lacquer box, Shibayama style. Box, lacquer applied with shell, coral, ivory, jade, tortoiseshell and wood with silver metal rims. Rectangular box with rounded corners and a seated lid (A). The lid and sides are encrusted with intricately carved chrysanthemum, peony, hydrangea and other flower heads and leaves in coloured shell, aogai (small pieces of blue-green shell), coral, ivory, tortoiseshell, wood and jade of white, yellow, pink, green and brown. The interior of the box and the base are 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/24058


SUBJECTS
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chrysanthemum
peony
hydrangea
flower heads
chrysanthemum
peony
hydrangea
flower heads



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer,applied with shell, coral, ivory, jade, tortoiseshell and wood with silver metal rims, interior and base are nashiji
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1800
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: 3.7

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.3