(Cosmetic box)

Minneapolis Institute of Art

(Cosmetic box)

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Date: 18th century
Medium: Black and gold lacquer
Department: Asian Art
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID: 280

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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). Asia

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Credit line: Gift of Mrs. George W. Porter

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