Box, lacquer with silver metal rim mounts. Rectangular box with rounded corners, a seated lid (A) and containing a tray (B). The nashiji (shimmering spangles) ground is decorated in gold, silver-grey and red hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with an empty carriage standing in a remote field of flowering plants and autumn grass beneath the moon. The flowering plants and autumn grass spread down two opposing sides and corners of the lower section on a nashiji ground. The tray stands on four bracket feet and is decorated in gold, silver-grey, red and black with a man kneeling, his red robe vibrant against the gold and gold-black ground. The sides of the tray are in gold and the lower half is decorated with grasses on the gold ground. The base of the tray, the inside and the base of the box are nashiji.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 8.6 cm
Length: 22.2 cm
Width: 17.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
-
1868
The design refers to the fourth chapter of The Tale of Genji, a fictional account of the life of Prince Genji that was written by a woman of the Heian period imperial court. The image of the carriage alludes to the prince's secret visit to a desserted mansion with a young woman who died in her sleep after their romantic meeting, perhaps because of the jealous spirit of another woman.
Decoration
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, with a nashiji ground, decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design)
Inscription present: white rectangular label with a triple line blue border
Accession number: MAR.O.71 & A & B-1912
Primary reference Number: 24076
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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