Box, lacquer. Oval box with ten lobes and a seated lid (A). The fundame (matt gold) ground is decorated in gold takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with three flying insects, their eyes detailed in black. The sides of the box are decorated in relief with florets enclosed in a diamond lattice. The inside of the box is nashiji (shimmering spangles) and the base is fundame.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 2.7 cm
Length: 8.6 cm
Width: 6.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
-
1868
Decoration composed of gold
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, with takamakie and nashiji decoration
Accession number: MAR.O.69 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24065
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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