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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1868; Classification(s): lacquer, box, lacquering, box, lacquer, with takamakie and nashiji decoration; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.69 & A-1912]
Description: Box, lacquer. Oval box with ten lobes and a seated lid (A). The fundame (matt gold) ground is decorated in gold takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with three flying insects, their eyes detailed in black. The sides of the box are decorated in relief with florets enclosed in a diamond lattice. The inside of the box is nashiji (shimmering spangles) and the base is fundame. | 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=1700; 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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