IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24067
accession number:	MAR.O.70 & 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.  Small rectangular box with rounded corners, shallow sides and an overhanging lid (A) which is cusped on the two long sides.  The black ground is sprinkled with silver and reddy-brown and decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with gold butterflies, floral sprays and leaves.  The sides of the lower section are black sprinkled with silver and reddy-brown.  The inside 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/24067


SUBJECTS
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butterflies
floral spray
leaves
butterflies
floral spray
leaves



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, with takamakie, hiramakie 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: 1.2

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 6.4

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.2