Box, lacquer. Small rectangular box with rounded corners, shallow sides and an overhanging lid (A) which is cusped on the two long sides. The black ground is sprinkled with silver and reddy-brown and decorated in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with gold butterflies, floral sprays and leaves. The sides of the lower section are black sprinkled with silver and reddy-brown. The inside and the base are nashiji (shimmering spangles).
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 1.2 cm
Length: 6.4 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1700
-
1868
Decoration composed of gold
Lacquering : Box, lacquer, with takamakie, hiramakie and nashiji decoration
Accession number: MAR.O.70 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24067
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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