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Cylindrical cann shaped box has light blue underglaze, hand painted "crackled ice" pattern over entire surface; conforming slight domed circular cover fits over indented flanged mouth of body.
boxes (containers)
crackling
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
porcelain
underglazing
Porcelain
Underglazed
Painted
Crackled
BOX, TRINKET
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Japan
2.5 (H), 2.75 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1342AB
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