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Box: MAR.O.84 & A-1912

Object information

Awaiting location update

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Box, lacquer. In the shape of two tsuba with a seated lid (A). The tsuba on the right is decorated in gold and red with black details in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with a dragon, its mouth open and its tail lashing above its head. The tsuba on the left has a silver-grey ground speckled with gold. The interior and the base are in nashiji (shimmering spangles).

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 3 cm
Length: 6.6 cm
Width: 4.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa 1700 - 1868

Components of the work

Decoration

Materials used in production

Lacquer

Techniques used in production

Lacquering : Box, lacquer, decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), interior and base in nashiji

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.84 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24157
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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