Box, lacquer. Rectangular with overhanging lid (A) and gold bevelled sides. The exterior of the lid is decorated with a book and two whisks in flat gold on a black ground with dense nashiji (shimmering spangles). The interior and base are black with nashiji.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 3.3 cm
Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 3.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
19th Century
Circa
1800
-
1868
Decoration composed of lacquer ( black and gold)
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, gold bevelled sides, decorated with dense nashiji (shimmering spangles)
Accession number: MAR.O.51 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 23928
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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