IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24222
accession number:	MAR.O.92 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Box, lacquer.  Rectangular box with rounded sides and a seated lid (A) decorated in gold, black and brown.  The lid is decorated in gold takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with a peacock standing on a solid gold rock and a peahen below surrounded by gold peonies on a nashiji (shimmering spangles) ground.  The peacock's magnificent tail is inlaid with aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell).  The sides of the box are decorated with gold floral sprays and on the two long sides there is also a butterfly on a nashiji ground.
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/24222


SUBJECTS
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peacock
butterfly
flower sprays
peacock
butterfly
flower sprays



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, lid decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) on a nashiji ground, with aogai (small pieces of blue-green inalid shell), sides decorated on a nashiji ground
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: 5.9

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 12.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 9.6