IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23931
accession number:	MAR.O.52 & A-D-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, kogo (box for the incense ceremony). Box, lacquer. Rectangular box with overhanging lid (A) and two cusped sides containing two smaller rectangular boxes (B & C) and a tray (D). The cover is decorated with silver and gold flowering branches in low-relief on a powdered gold and black lacquer ground. The two smaller boxes have seated lids and are decorated with gold and silver scattered flower heads in low-relief on a gold fundame (matt) ground, with nashiji (shimmering spangles) interior. The tray is decorated in low-relief with a floral spray in gold and silver on a dense nashiji ground and gold fundame rim. The lower section has a circular hole to one side, and the interior and base are decorated 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/23931


SUBJECTS
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branches
branches



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, decorated in low-relief on a powdered gold and black lacquer ground and on a gold fundame (matt) ground, interior, base and tray are decorated with nashiji
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: 2.8

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 5.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 4.6