Lacquer box, tea jar. Box, lacquer with mother of pearl, with lid (A). Cylindrical box with deep sides. The black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated on the lid and sides in gold, silver and mother of pearl in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (cut sheet gold or silver applied to a lacquer base) with hydrangeas. The interior is roiro with a hydrangea head and three leaves in gold, silver and mother-of-pearl asymmetrically placed in the lid. The base is roiro.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 7.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
-
1868
Decoration composed of mother-of-pearl gold silver
Lacquering : Box, lacquer with mother of pearl, the black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated on the lid in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (cut sheet gold or silver applied to a lacquer base), interior and base are roiro
Accession number: MAR.O.97 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24240
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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