IDENTIFIERS
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id:	24347
accession number:	O.8 & A-C-1947

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 4 January 2017

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Lacquer box, cha-bako (tea box) and silk cover. Box, lacquer. Rectangular box with rounded corners, a seated lid (A), panelled sides and a tray (B) decorated all over in finely polished nashiji (shimmering spangles). The mikayeshi (inside of the lid) is decorated with two sprays of autumn grasses in gold and silver takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design). The tray is nashiji with a fundame (matt gold) rim. The interior and base are nashiji. Orange and red striped silk cover (C) with black silk lining and a firm base. Blue cord drawstring.
title:	box

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Bought Kyoto in 1908 from the collection of Mr Muda


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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24347


SUBJECTS
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grasses
grasses



TECHNIQUES
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box, lacquer, decorated all over in finely polished nashiji (shimmering spangles, inside of lid is decorated with takamakie (high-relief sprinkled design)
lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: lacquer

DATING
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creation date:	1770 - 1800
creation date earliest:	1770
creation date latest:	1800
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)
culture:	18th Century, Late

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 11.9

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 18.9

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 11.8