IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23912
accession number:	MAR.O.49 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 4 January 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lacquer box, ko-bako (box for the incense ceremony). Box, lacquer. Square box with deep sides and indented corners with a seated lid (A). The black ground is decorated in gold hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with sprays of flowers and scrolling foliage which ramble over the box and lid; the rims are in gold lacquer. The interior and the base are brown/black lacquer.
title:	box

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:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23912


SUBJECTS
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foliage
flowers
foliage
flowers



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, the black ground is decorated in gold hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), the rims are in gold lacquer, the interior and base are black/brown lacquer
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1615 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1615
creation date latest:	1868
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 6.0

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 5.7

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 5.7