(Cosmetic box)
- Medium
- Black and gold lacquer
- Dimensions
- Diam.4-9/16 (mirror) in.; Diam.5-1/4 (case) in.
- Genre
- Lacquer
Tags
Japan
About
These small boxes are decorated with a pattern of bamboo, plum and pine, symbolic of strength and longevity. They also bear the hollyhock crest of the Tokugawa family rulers of Japan during the Edo period (1615-1868).
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