Cosmetic Box with Cypress-Fan Crests

Exhibition information: There are currently no plans to exhibit this artwork at the TNM Collection Exhibitions.

Women kept cosmetics and other personal belongings in boxes like this. The decoration, with round crests in groups of three, was popular in the Kamakura period (1192–1333)."

Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
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Period/Century: Kamakura period, 13th century
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Excavation site
Material: Lacquer coating with [maki-e] decoration
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Collection reference no.: H-4214
Genre: Lacquerware
Category: Applied arts > Furnishings and ceremonial objects > Cosmetic boxes