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Cosmetic Box Decorated with the “Three Friends of Winter”

1800

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Cosmetic Box Decorated with the “Three Friends of Winter”

1800

Physical Qualities Lacquer, metal fittings, replacement cord, 13.3 x 13.3 x 15.9 cm. (5 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number 1950.2010.18
interior tray; brownish copper color; trees and foliage
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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