Box, lacquer. Two-tiered jubako with cover (A), containing a tray (B); it is almost square with rounded and indented corners. The gold ground is richly decorated in gold, silver and black in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with details in todidashi (sprinkled designs revealed by polishing), nashiji (shimmering spangles) and aogai (inlaid mother of pearl) intricately applied. The tray has red lacquer details. The cover is decorated with pavilions amidst pine trees and the sides depict a mountainous landscape, streams, waterfalls and trees. The tray is decorated with two bridges (one in red and one in gold) over a river amidst a rocky landscape and trees with mountains and a pine forest beyond. The interior and base are decorated with nashiji; on the inside of the cover there is a gold and silver floral spray enriched with aogai laid on one of the leaves.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 10.1 cm
Length: 11.7 cm
Width: 11.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1868
Lacquer
composed of
lacquer
( red)
Inlay
composed of
mother-of-pearl
Decoration
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, the gold ground is richly decorated in gold, silver and black in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with details in todidashi (sprinkled designs revealed by polishing), nashiji (shimmering spangles) and aogai (inlaid mother of pearl) intricately applied
Accession number: MAR.O.46 & A & B-1912
Primary reference Number: 23875
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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