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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1800 - 1868; Classification(s): lacquer, box, lacquering, box, lacquer, exterior and lid decorated in hiramakie, the interior and the base decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles); Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.55 & A-1912]
Description: Box, lacquer. Shallow rectangular box with rounded corners and an overhanging lid (A) with two cusped sides. The exterior of the box has a black ground with brown streaks and the lid is decorated in gold and silver with traces of brown and red, with pine and prunus branches in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design). The interior and the base are decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles). | 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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