IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24157
accession number:	MAR.O.84 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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).
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/24157


SUBJECTS
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dragon
dragon



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), interior and base in nashiji
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: 3

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 6.6

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 4.9