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Artist:
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Artist Unknown
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Title:
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Cosmetic Box
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Date:
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Edo period
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Medium:
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Wood with black and gold lacquer
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Dimensions:
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Diam.4-9/16 (mirror) in.; Diam.5-1/4 (case) in.
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Mrs. George W. Porter
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Location:
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Gallery 221
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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).
Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Crest Crest of the Tokugawa Family
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Classification:
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Lacquer
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Physical Description:
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Mirror of metal on the back of which are birds trees and sacred turtle in high relief, bearing the crest of the Tokugawa family, three asarum leaves, their points together, within a circle Mirror fits into round lacquer box also bearing the crest, three times on cover.
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Creation Place:
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Asia, Japan
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Accession #:
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24.21.1a-c
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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