IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 24058 accession number: MAR.O.68 & A-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Lacquer box, Shibayama style. Box, lacquer applied with shell, coral, ivory, jade, tortoiseshell and wood with silver metal rims. Rectangular box with rounded corners and a seated lid (A). The lid and sides are encrusted with intricately carved chrysanthemum, peony, hydrangea and other flower heads and leaves in coloured shell, aogai (small pieces of blue-green shell), coral, ivory, tortoiseshell, wood and jade of white, yellow, pink, green and brown. The interior of the box and the base are nashiji (shimmering spangles). 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/24058 SUBJECTS ------------------- chrysanthemum peony hydrangea flower heads chrysanthemum peony hydrangea flower heads TECHNIQUES ---------- box, lacquer,applied with shell, coral, ivory, jade, tortoiseshell and wood with silver metal rims, interior and base are nashiji lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1868 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1868 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868) CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.7 dimension: Length units: cm value: 8.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 7.3