Lacquer box, kogo (box for the incense ceremony). Box, lacquer. Rectangular box with rounded corners and an overhanging lid (A) with two cut-away sides. The gold ground is decorated in red and black in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with a red table, the lower shelf bearing a vase holding one flower sprig and on the top of the table is a reclining black shishi, its head resting on its paws. The interior and the base are in gyobu nashiji (nashiji using large flakes of gold).
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 1.7 cm
Length: 6.4 cm
Width: 5.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1615
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1868
Decoration composed of lacquer ( black, red, gold)
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, the gold ground is decorated in red and black in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design), interior and base are in gyobu nashiji (using large flakes of gold)
Accession number: MAR.O.53 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 23933
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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