IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24131
accession number:	MAR.O.79 & A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 4 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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).
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/24131


SUBJECTS
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dragonflies
dragonflies



TECHNIQUES
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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)
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: Diameter
units: cm
value: 7.8

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 5.6