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Production Place: Japan; Date(s): circa 1800 - circa 1868; Classification(s): accessory, inro; Acquisition: bequeathed, 1912, C.B. Marlay Bequest [MAR.O.1-1912]
Description: Inro, lacquer. A five case inro, six divisions, of standard shape. The silver lacquer ground is decorated in shades of gold, silver, black and red togidashi (hiramakie design covered with lacquer and polished until the design reappears flush with the ground) on one side, with a crested, long-tailed cocl bird seated on the branches of a red-leaved maple tree, and on the other side, a crested hen bird seated on the branches of a maple tree. The compartments and risers are gold nashiji (shimmering spangles); the shoulders and rims are fundame (matt gold). The cord channel is external; there is no cord. | 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: | accessory Unknown inro | 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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