IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 24065 accession number: MAR.O.69 & A-1912 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Box, lacquer. Oval box with ten lobes and a seated lid (A). The fundame (matt gold) ground is decorated in gold takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) with three flying insects, their eyes detailed in black. The sides of the box are decorated in relief with florets enclosed in a diamond lattice. The inside of the box is nashiji (shimmering spangles) and the base is fundame. 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/24065 SUBJECTS ------------------- insects flying insects flying TECHNIQUES ---------- box, lacquer, with takamakie and nashiji decoration lacquering CATEGORIES ------ category: lacquer DATING ------ creation date: 1700 - 1868 creation date earliest: 1700 creation date latest: 1868 culture: Edo Period (1615-1868)# CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 2.7 dimension: Length units: cm value: 8.6 dimension: Width units: cm value: 6.8