IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24240
accession number:	MAR.O.97 & 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 with mother of pearl, with lid (A). Cylindrical box with deep sides. The black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated on the lid and sides in gold, silver and mother of pearl in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (cut sheet gold or silver applied to a lacquer base) with hydrangeas. The interior is roiro with a hydrangea head and three leaves in gold, silver and mother-of-pearl asymmetrically placed in the lid. The base is roiro.
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/24240


SUBJECTS
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hydrangea
hydrangea



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer with mother of pearl, the black roiro ground (black lacquer polished to a deep gloss) is decorated on the lid in takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design) and heidatsu (cut sheet gold or silver applied to a lacquer base), interior and base are roiro
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: 7.5

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 7.8