IDENTIFIERS
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id:	16602
accession number:	O.11-1984

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Box with birds and lotus scrolls. Lacquer on wooden core, inlaid with mother of pearl, with metal fittings. This shallow rectangular box has a hinged cover. The cover is inlaid in mother of pearl with a lotus scroll with eight blooms arranged in two parallel rows, and with two small birds in flight, and the sides are decorated with smaller lotus scrolls. The corners are protected by metal fittings and the sides have matching hinges and a lock. The lacquer of the exterior is black and that of the interior red.
title:	box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before donor


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Gompertz Collection
creditline: Gompertz Gift

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16602


SUBJECTS
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birds
lotus
birds
lotus



CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.2

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 25.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 14.3



CITATIONS
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Korean Art from the Gompertz and Other Collections in the Fitzwilliam Museum, A Complete Catalogue
Chinese Lacquer
Punch'ong sagi inhwamun taejop si'go
Geschichte der Japanischen Lackkunst
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