IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24086
accession number:	MAR.O.73 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 15 July 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Box, lacquer. Rectangular box with slightly bowed sides and a seated lid (A), decorated in brown, gold, blue, green, silver and grey. The brown ground of varying density is decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design) with a bee with shimmering gold wings and a grey body hovering above a convolvulous plant with blue-green and gold leaves, and silvery grey flowers tinged with gold and a bud. The leaves and stems trail down over the sides of the box. The interior has a plain silvery-gold dull finish with gold rims. The base 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/24086





TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, decorated in hiramakie (low-relief sprinkled design), base 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: 4.6

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 10.6

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 9.0