IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24012
accession number:	MAR.O.62 & 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: Lacquer box, helmet box. Helmet box, lacquer with silver mounts. The box is of cylindrical form with grooved body and seated lid (A), and resting on three bracket feet. The black ground is sprinkled in gold nashiji (shimmering spangles) of varying density, and is finely decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) in gold of two tone with paulownia, entwining branches, leaves and tendrils with sprays of flowers in cut-silver foil. Three silver metal ring handles are fitted onto the lower section and attached to each of these is a brown silk cord with two ochre silk tassels. The three lacquer bracket feet are protected with silver metal fittings finely tooled with scrolling foliage. The interior and the base are in 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/24012


SUBJECTS
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foliage
flower sprays
foliage
flower sprays



TECHNIQUES
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helmet box, lacquer with silver mounts, decorated with nashiji (shimmering spangles), hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design)
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1820 - 1820
creation date earliest:	1820
creation date latest:	1820
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	19th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 29.0

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 41.4