IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24177
accession number:	MAR.O.87 & A-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.  Circular box with a seated lid (A), the black ground is speckled with gold and decorated in brown, black, silver and gold togidashi (the hiramakie design is covered completely with lacquer and polished until the design reappears flush with the ground) with a group of five puppies seated on grassy ground.  The puppies` features, their paws and fur are finely depicted.  The grooved outer rims of the lid and lower section are decorated with fundame (matt gold)and the sides with ferns and kirikane (metal foil cut to various shapes and individually set with a lacquer ground, often as a mosaic) on a black ground speckled with gold.  The interior and the base are 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/24177


SUBJECTS
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puppies
puppies



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, black ground decorated in togidashi (the hiramakie design is covered completely with lacquer and polished until the design reappears flush with the ground), lid and lower sections decorated with fundame (matt gold) and kirikane (metal foil cut to various shapes and individually set into lacquer ground), interior and base are 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: Diameter
units: cm
value: 9.7

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.3