Lidded Brush Box with Tray, Four Hair Arrangers, and Seventeen Brushes
Series TitleLady's Dressing Table and Accessories
CultureJapanese
Date1800-1850
MediumLacquer with makie (scattered gold leaf) on a nashiji (pear skin) ground; ivory and tortoise shell hair arrangers; bristles
DimensionsPart (box): 1 3/8 × 8 7/8 × 1 3/4 inches (3.49 × 22.54 × 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. George Colom
Object number78-49/18 A-X
MarkingsThe Jo-mon of Tokugawa on all pieces of set.
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DescriptionSlender brush box with removable tray, containing three pointed ivory hair arrangers, a long slender pointed tortoise shell hair arranger, and an ivory bristled brush. In base section: a set of 16 cosmetic brushes graduated by diameter and length.
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