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Cylindrical cann shaped box has light blue underglaze decoration with white overglaze enamel; hand painted blue in freely executed scene of a crane and branches; floral motif on cover; circular flat conforming cover fits over indented flanged mouth of body.
boxes (containers)
porcelain
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
overglazing
underglazing
foliation (pattern)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
cranes (birds)
floral patterns
Porcelain
Underglazed
Overglazed
Painted
Crane
Branch
Floral
BOX, TRINKET
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Japan
2.375 (H), 2.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1341AB
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