IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24018
accession number:	MAR.O.63 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Box, lacquer.  Rectangular box with a seated lid (A).  The black ground is decorated on the lid and sides in gold, silver and aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell) in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with circular medallions filled with flowers and foliage reserved on a gold meander ground.  The interior of the lid, the lower section and the base are all similarly decorated in gold and silver with phoenix, flowers and butterflies in a stencil-type design on a nashiji (shimmering spangles) 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/24018


SUBJECTS
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phoenix
butterflies
flowers
foliage
phoenix
butterflies
flowers
foliage



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, with aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell), in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), lid in nashiji (shimmering spangles)
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: 2.5

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 9.3

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.2