IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24049
accession number:	MAR.O.67 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 4 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Box, lacquer.  Box in the shape of a peach with a seated lid (A) and a flat base decorated in gold, black and red.  The lid is carved in the form of a peach (emblematic of longevity with foliage in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and okibirame (flat flakes of gold individually positioned using a wooden skewer).  The dull red lacquer is powdered with gold.  The lower section has a stalk and is similarly decorated in gold and red.  It has a flat, gold base.  The interior is in 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/24049


SUBJECTS
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peach
peach



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, with a carved lid with decoration in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and okibirame (flat flakes of gold individually positioned using a wooden skewer), interior in nashiji
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: 5.4

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 8.6

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.4