IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 23919 accession number: MAR.O.50 & A-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 4 January 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lacquer box, ko-bako (box for the incense ceremony). Box, lacquer, with silver fittings. Quatrefoil incense-container of rounded rectangular form with indented corners and overhanging lid (A) with two cusped sides; the two sides of the lid are cut away to expose two silver fittings on the lower section in the shape of two maple leaves pierced with slender cord rings. Attached to each ring is a red and white chequered woven silk ribbon. The exterior is decorated with gold maple leaves and a lovers' knot tied to a branch on a black ground with nashiji (shimmering spangles). The interior has a dense nashiji ground. title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23919 SUBJECTS ------------------- maple maple TECHNIQUES ---------- box, lacquer, with silver fittings, exterior decorated on a black ground with nashiji (shimmering spangles), interior has dense nashiji ground lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1868 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1868 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868)# culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 5.6 dimension: Length units: cm value: 8.3 dimension: Width units: cm value: 7.6 CITATIONS -------- Japanese Lacquer Catalogue ---