1592984181000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-24258 1753812217536 1753283820000 1753812119276 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-24258 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24258 fabed49a-add8-39ab-9af6-0d23bc1f1fe3 7 reference term-31499 adlib-term-31499 32bb5d6c-9a2c-3e8f-b998-5f9468b062b8 lacquer reference term-107444 adlib-term-107444 571df7cf-e062-3968-ae5e-bec9d5a82f92 C. B. Marlay silver-coloured reference term-32031 adlib-term-32031 4647e9b3-63ed-3a98-9e9e-9d8a9fb04c9b metal Mounts, Handle reference term-32234 adlib-term-32234 96ff7097-33c1-398e-891e-22b7705b69fe wood (plant material) Plug reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Decoration black lacquer polished to a deep gloss reference term-109697 adlib-term-109697 9b6a9eb6-8667-3800-b78a-800ee0da14f7 roiro low-relief sprinkled design reference term-109688 adlib-term-109688 2988a216-b928-3a6a-bf41-0f3ef66a65d8 hiramakie shimmering spangles reference term-109686 adlib-term-109686 e7f4fc95-5061-3450-b4db-d3ac61cebff5 nashiji reference term-106275 adlib-term-106275 a1bd9046-a422-36ac-a493-60fa7c7f7e91 landscape Applied Arts Book rest, lacquer with silver metal mounts and handle. The book rest sits on a central upright attached to a rectangular base with a drawer (A) and is decorated in gold and silver. The nashiji (shimmering spangles) ground is decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (cut sheet-gold or, as in this example, sheet-silver applied to a lacquer base) on the book rest with a prunus tree beside a stream with clouds overhead, and on the rectangular base with bamboo and prunus beside a stream. The edges are plain gold; the sides are decorated with formal flowers and scrolling foliage. The front of the drawer is similarly decorated and has a silver metal drop handle attached to three finely tooled flower heads. The central upright is decorated with scrolling flowers and fitted top and bottom with silver metal mounts which are finely tooled with scrolling foliage. The underside of the book rest, the interior of the drawer and the box are nashiji. The base is nashiji and there is a removable circular wooden plug crudely painted in gold, inserted in the centre of the base. MAR.O.168 & A-1912 1 accession number MAR.O.168 & A-1912 24258 priref 24258 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24258 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24258 small brown luggage label inscribed in black ink Reading stand, about 1820. Genuine work, made for the Japanese market, though regarded in Japan as of a bad period. To be kept. O.C. Raphael, July, 1934. Marlay Bequest, 1912 label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum C.B. Marlay Bequest reference agent-149674 adlib-agent-149674 de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32b Marlay, Charles Brinsley 1912 1912 1912 bequeathed Charles Brinsley Marlay died on the 18th June 1912 1820 1820 circa 1820 reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-14428 adlib-term-14428 200f5ab8-f89b-38be-ae38-36dcf51a0068 Edo Period (1615-1868) reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-107800 adlib-term-107800 dedd7a4b-37c6-37eb-a940-3ef5964f74ae literal Japan Japan country Japan reference term-31499 adlib-term-31499 32bb5d6c-9a2c-3e8f-b998-5f9468b062b8 lacquer Height cm 57 Length cm 44.4 Width cm 25.4 reference term-109734 adlib-term-109734 34291631-438e-33f5-bb7e-9b203ad62265 book rest reference term-46919 adlib-term-46919 4f96eeeb-cebc-3952-a30b-50675185c7f3 drawer (furniture component) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum plant reference term-38471 adlib-term-38471 d795a1d5-7a84-35d1-b0c3-0893616eee15 prunus plant reference term-31765 adlib-term-31765 18cd89de-9b39-37a1-9cd4-9adddb5cd725 bamboo plant reference term-107622 adlib-term-107622 523e46be-6c51-3455-8391-3ea334aab2f0 flowers plant reference term-30746 adlib-term-30746 c9b49335-33a0-3ee8-b9d3-3f1f3abc5414 foliage place type reference term-58359 adlib-term-58359 fcf696fc-dabe-3fb7-b016-0e87f7a353c4 stream place type reference term-108656 adlib-term-108656 737a09b0-0508-306f-b9d6-f06ab0f20921 clouds literal prunus prunus literal bamboo bamboo literal flowers flowers literal foliage foliage literal stream stream literal clouds clouds

reference term-109734 adlib-term-109734 34291631-438e-33f5-bb7e-9b203ad62265 book rest

book rest book rest, lacquer with silver metal mounts and handle, decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (sheet-silver applied to lacquer base), interior of drawer and box, and base are nashiji (shimmering spangles) ground reference term-28684 adlib-term-28684 f88af0dd-e292-3772-9b52-93a92a1f5ef6 lacquering object OBJECT