IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23963
accession number:	MAR.O.57 & 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 with lid (A). Rectangular box in two shallow convex halves. The black ground has traces of brown and red showing through and is decorated in gold with two scrolling floral sprays on each side in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design). The interior is decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles).
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/23963


SUBJECTS
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flower sprays
flower sprays



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, decorated with hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) and 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: 1.4

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 6.8

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 4.8