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Cosmetic Box Decorated with Plum Blossoms

1800-1832

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Cosmetic Box Decorated with Plum Blossoms

1800-1832

Physical Qualities Lacquer, 1.9 x 6.7 cm. (3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.2010.19
Concave bottom and top decorated with red, gold and silver flowers on a black makie ground
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore; Claribel or Etta Cone, Baltimore; probably purchased in Japan in 1907 on Cone Family trip
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Poetic Imagery of Japanese Art," February 22-August 8, 2010. (Levy Rotation)

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