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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1868; Classification(s): lacquer, box, lacquering, box, lacquer, with takamakie, hiramakie and nashiji decoration; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.70 & A-1912]
Description: Box, lacquer. Small rectangular box with rounded corners, shallow sides and an overhanging lid (A) which is cusped on the two long sides. The black ground is sprinkled with silver and reddy-brown and decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with gold butterflies, floral sprays and leaves. The sides of the lower section are black sprinkled with silver and reddy-brown. The inside and the base are 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=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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