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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1700 - 1868; Classification(s): lacquer, box, lacquering, box, lacquer with mother of pearl, the black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated on the lid in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (cut sheet gold or silver applied to a lacquer base), interior and base are roiro; Acquisition: bequeathed by Marlay, Charles Brinsley, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.97 & A-1912]
Description: Lacquer box, tea jar. Box, lacquer with mother of pearl, with lid (A). Cylindrical box with deep sides. The black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated on the lid and sides in gold, silver and mother of pearl in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (cut sheet gold or silver applied to a lacquer base) with hydrangeas. The interior is roiro with a hydrangea head and three leaves in gold, silver and mother-of-pearl asymmetrically placed in the lid. The base is roiro. | 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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