IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 23982 accession number: MAR.O.60 & A-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 4 January 2017 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Box, wood and lacquer applied with mother of pearl and gut/twine. Box in the shape of a biwa. The lower section is of black lacquer polished to a deep gloss (roiro) with a gold edge. The neck has five frets; the four gut/twine strings are fastened to four tapered wooden pegs which are waisted at the outer end and lodged in the holes on the neck. The peg-board at the end of the neck is applied with gold. The cover (A) has four strings and is applied with two mother of pearl discs, one of a sun and one of a moon. The underside is decorated in low-relief with a bird in flight, in gold with a red crest, on a black roiro ground. title: box LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: C. B. Marlay creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/23982 SUBJECTS ------------------- sun moon bird flying sun moon bird flying TECHNIQUES ---------- wood and lacquer applied with mother of pearl and gut/twine, the lower section is polished to a deep gloss (roiro), the underside of the cover is decorated in low-relief lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1868 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1868 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868)# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.3 dimension: Length units: cm value: 14.9 dimension: Width units: cm value: 6.2