IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23928
accession number:	MAR.O.51 & 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: 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.
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/23928


SUBJECTS
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whisks
whisks



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, gold bevelled sides, decorated with dense nashiji (shimmering spangles)
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1868
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.3

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 4.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 3.9