Inro medicine box, undated
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- Artifact-box 132, Item htrent0013
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Five-compartment box, painted red and gold on a black laquer ground and depicting a pastoral scene with bamboo fence and screen. Unidentified origin.
Inro, first made around 1600 in the form they are known today, are small, highly decorated, multicompartmented boxes or cases that mainly carried medicines, tobacco, cosmetics, or perfumes.
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- Received from: Dr. Josiah Charles Trent
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