IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 24336 accession number: O.6 & A & B-1947 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lacquer box, kogo (box for the incense ceremony). Box, lacquer with mother of pearl and silver rim mounts. Rectangular box with seated lid (A) and a tray (B). The gold fundame (matt) ground is decorated on the lid in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with a mountainous landscape, a waterfall and a meandering river spanned by a bridge with pine, fir and plum in blossom. The mountains and rocks are highlighted in pink-tinged aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell). The sides of the lid and box show a similar mountain and river scene with pine, fir and plum in blossom. The mikayeshi (inside of the lid) and base are decorated in rich gold nashiji (shimmering spangles) with hirame (flat flakes of gold or silver lying on or near the surface of the lacquer) in broken ice design. The tray is similarly decorated with pine, fir and plum in blossom beside a river in takamakie on a gold fundame ground, and the underside in nashiji with hirame of gold and silver in broken ice design. title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24336 SUBJECTS ------------------- pine fir plum mountains landscape river bridge waterfall pine fir plum mountains landscape river bridge waterfall TECHNIQUES ---------- box, lacquer with mother of pearl and silver rim mounts, decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell), nashiji (shimmering spangles) and hirame (flat flakes of gold or silver lying on or near the surface of the lacquer) lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1910 - 1910 creation date earliest: 1910 creation date latest: 1910 culture: Meiji Period (1868-1912) culture: 20th Century, Early CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 9.3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 7.4