1592999398000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-24103 1755194581555 1745930287000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-24103 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24103 bc6d704b-5967-3f2c-8866-c7dbe2cbd390 6 reference term-31499 adlib-term-31499 32bb5d6c-9a2c-3e8f-b998-5f9468b062b8 lacquer reference term-107444 adlib-term-107444 571df7cf-e062-3968-ae5e-bec9d5a82f92 C. B. Marlay silver-coloured reference term-32031 adlib-term-32031 4647e9b3-63ed-3a98-9e9e-9d8a9fb04c9b metal Rims reference term-33619 adlib-term-33619 9a369369-0102-35b0-bc11-b26be434fa52 shell (animal material) reference term-34719 adlib-term-34719 d1c36d32-dafd-3f1b-bf74-f6cc53a1e9e4 eggshell (animal material) reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold Decoration black lacquer polished to deep gloss reference term-109697 adlib-term-109697 9b6a9eb6-8667-3800-b78a-800ee0da14f7 roiro high-relief sprinkled decoration reference term-109689 adlib-term-109689 aae477cd-2e62-3fa1-8db0-47915040a6fe takamakie nashiji with contrasting areas of densely and thinly packed gold flakes) reference term-109712 adlib-term-109712 3e2fd0b6-9b35-3c91-a3de-eec01d804af7 mura-nashiji shimmering spangles reference term-109686 adlib-term-109686 e7f4fc95-5061-3450-b4db-d3ac61cebff5 nashiji small pieces of inlaid blue-green shell reference term-109685 adlib-term-109685 f10325e6-d952-3533-936c-75a3327dace9 aogai Applied Arts Lacquer box with silver metal rims, suzuri-bako (box for writing utensils). Rectangular box with a seated lid (A) The interior has a frame (B) containing an inset silver water pot and an inkstone (C). The black lacquer and mura-nashiji ground (nashiji with contrasting areas of densely and thinly packed gold flakes) is decorated in gold, red and silver-grey lacquer, inlaid eggshell and aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell) in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with five dragon flies in flight. The dragon flies have intricately designed wings and bulbous eyes; one has purple and blue-green aogai wings, a gold body and gold eyes; one has black wings with gold markings, a gold body and purple inlaid eyes; a red lacquer dragonfly with black markings and aogai eyes; one has a black and gold body, wings inlaid with eggshell forming a white and gold crackle ground and inlaid purple shell eyes; the fifth has gold wings and aogai eyes. The mikayeshi (inside of the lid) has a partly black roiro (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) and partly nashiji (shimmering spangles) ground and is decorated with a spider in his web watching a dragon fly with red and green wings which is trapped in the web. The removable tray is nashiji with an inset silver mizuire (water dropper); the sides of the inkstone are fundame (matt gold). The interior and the base are nashiji. MAR.O.75 & A-C-1912 1 accession number MAR.O.75 & A-C-1912 24103 priref 24103 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24103 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24103 white rectangular label with a grey border, under 958, two lines of character beneath, 'LH' is in red inscribed '958', 'LH' label similar label to above base of inkstone 958 label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum C.B. Marlay Bequest reference agent-149674 adlib-agent-149674 de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32b Marlay, Charles Brinsley 1912 1912 1912 bequeathed Charles Brinsley Marlay died on the 18th June 1912 1700 1700 1700 circa 1700 1868 probably 18th or 19th century 1 1868 1868 1868 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-14428 adlib-term-14428 200f5ab8-f89b-38be-ae38-36dcf51a0068 Edo Period (1615-1868) reference term-107800 adlib-term-107800 dedd7a4b-37c6-37eb-a940-3ef5964f74ae literal Japan Japan country Japan reference term-31499 adlib-term-31499 32bb5d6c-9a2c-3e8f-b998-5f9468b062b8 lacquer Height cm 2.6 Length cm 17 Width cm 15.4 reference term-106246 adlib-term-106246 3c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0 box reference term-47150 adlib-term-47150 3964dea8-50eb-3306-a91c-41fe4535d2d7 lid reference term-109711 adlib-term-109711 73ea7b28-9e7c-3a75-855b-d60a1b7f81fd frame reference term-81719 adlib-term-81719 4b895420-a53a-38cc-9132-3d06ca64af27 inkstone suzuri-bako reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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box box, lacquer, with silver metal rims, black lacquer with a mura-nashiji ground (nashiji with contrasting areas of densely and thinly packed gold flakes), decorated with inlaid eggshell, lacquer and aogai (small pieces of inlaid blue-green shell) in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), the lid has a partly black roiro and partly nashiji ground, interior and base are nashiji reference term-28684 adlib-term-28684 f88af0dd-e292-3772-9b52-93a92a1f5ef6 lacquering object OBJECT