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Title:Cosmetic Box
Artist:Artist Unknown
Date:Edo period
Creation Place:Asia, Japan
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. George W. Porter
Accession Number:24.21.1a-c
Artist:Artist Unknown
Date:Edo period
Creation Place:Asia, Japan
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. George W. Porter
Accession Number:24.21.1a-c
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).