IDENTIFIERS
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id:	23982
accession number:	MAR.O.60 & 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, 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
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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/23982


SUBJECTS
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sun
moon
bird
flying
sun
moon
bird
flying



TECHNIQUES
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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
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1868
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 3.3

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 14.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 6.2