IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24076
accession number:	MAR.O.71 & A & B-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 with silver metal rim mounts.  Rectangular box with rounded corners, a seated lid (A) and containing a tray (B).  The nashiji (shimmering spangles) ground is decorated in gold, silver-grey and red hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with an empty carriage standing in a remote field of flowering plants and autumn grass beneath the moon.  The flowering plants and autumn grass spread down two opposing sides and corners of the lower section on a nashiji ground.  The tray stands on four bracket feet and is decorated in gold, silver-grey, red and black with a man kneeling, his red robe vibrant against the gold and gold-black ground.  The sides of the tray are in gold and the lower half is decorated with grasses on the gold ground.  The base of the tray, the inside and the base of the box are nashiji.
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/24076

PEOPLE
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man

SUBJECTS
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carriage
plants
grass
kneeling
field
carriage
plants
grass
kneeling
field



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, with a nashiji ground, decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design)
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: 8.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 22.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 17.7