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Box: MAR.O.79 & A-1912

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

Lacquer box, tea jar. Box, lacquer and inlaid with shell. Cylindrical box with a seated lid (A) and rounded sides tapering to a flat, recessed base. The black roiro (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) ground is decorated on the lid and sides in flat gold (makie) and red lacquer with dragonflies. The eyes and thorax of each dragonfly are inlaid in aogai (small pieces of blue-green inlaid shell) and the tails are in gold. Two dragonflies have red lacquer tails. The circular, recessed base and interior are black with gyobu nashiji (shimmering spangles with large flakes).

Legal notes

C.B. Marlay Bequest

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 7.8 cm
Height: 5.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa 1700 - 1868

Components of the work

Decoration composed of shell (animal material)

Materials used in production

Lacquer

Techniques used in production

Lacquering : Box, lacquer and inlaid shell, with black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) and inlay in aogai, base and interior are black with gyobu nashiji (shimmering spangles with large flakes)

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.O.79 & A-1912
Primary reference Number: 24131
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 4 February 2020 Last processed: Thursday 3 August 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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