Box, lacquer. Rectangular box with slightly bowed sides and a seated lid (A), decorated in brown, gold, blue, green, silver and grey. The brown ground of varying density is decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with a bee with shimmering gold wings and a grey body hovering above a convolvulous plant with blue-green and gold leaves, and silvery grey flowers tinged with gold and a bud. The leaves and stems trail down over the sides of the box. The interior has a plain silvery-gold dull finish with gold rims. The base is in nashiji (shimmering spangles).
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 4.6 cm
Length: 10.6 cm
Width: 9.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
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1868
Decoration composed of gold
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), base in nashiji
Inscription present: rectangular white with blue borders, 'No.' and '$' in blue and '1635' in black ink
Accession number: MAR.O.73 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24086
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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