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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1868; Classification(s): lacquer, box, lacquering, box, lacquer, decorated in low-relief on a powdered gold and black lacquer ground and on a gold fundame (matt) ground, interior, base and tray are decorated with nashiji; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.52 & A-D-1912]
Description: Lacquer box, kogo (box for the incense ceremony). Box, lacquer. Rectangular box with overhanging lid (A) and two cusped sides containing two smaller rectangular boxes (B & C) and a tray (D). The cover is decorated with silver and gold flowering branches in low-relief on a powdered gold and black lacquer ground. The two smaller boxes have seated lids and are decorated with gold and silver scattered flower heads in low-relief on a gold fundame (matt) ground, with nashiji (shimmering spangles) interior. The tray is decorated in low-relief with a floral spray in gold and silver on a dense nashiji ground and gold fundame rim. The lower section has a circular hole to one side, and the interior and base are decorated with nashiji. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | Unknown lacquer box | Temporal: | name=Edo (Japanese period, 1615-1868); start=1800; end=1868 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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