IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24065
accession number:	MAR.O.69 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
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/24065


SUBJECTS
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insects
flying
insects
flying



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, with takamakie and nashiji decoration
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1700
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: 2.7

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.6

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 6.8