IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 24185 accession number: MAR.O.88 & A-I-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Box, lacquer with mother of pearl. Rectangular box with an overhanging lid (A) cusped midway on two long sides, containing four smaller covered boxes (B, C, D & E). The top of the lid and the exterior of the box are decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) in gold, red, black and aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell) with a design of overlapping blossoms and maple leaves on a hirame (flat flakes of gold) ground. The lids (F, G, H & I) of the smaller boxes are each designed to resemble a book and are richly decorated in gold, red, black and aogai in takamakie or hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) showing a river winding through rocky landscape and each lid is decorated with different branches, one with blossom, one with maple, one with autumnal grasses and one with reeds, jakago (woven baskets filled with stones to strengthen the banks of rivers) and birds in flight. In the top left corner of each box is a rectangular panel of red and gold diaper pattern inscribed in black with a title (possibly relating to flowers or the seasons). The sides of the boxes resemble pages and bindings of a book and are decorated with fine horizontal gold lines on a black ground. The bases and interiors are nashiji (shimmering spangles). The base of the lower section of the box has a circular hole to one side. title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24185 SUBJECTS ------------------- baskets birds reed grasses maple flying rocks landscape river baskets birds reed grasses maple flying rocks landscape river TECHNIQUES ---------- lacquer with mother of pearl, decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell), bases and interiors are nashiji lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1868 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1868 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.2 dimension: Length units: cm value: 11.9 dimension: Width units: cm value: 9.2