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Red lacquered two-part circular box with "japanned" water fowl design; conforming domed cover.
powder puffs
japanning
lacquering
figure- and animal-derived motifs
waterfowl
Japanned
Waterfowl
Lacquered
BOX, PUFF
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
Far East
3.125 (H), 4.625 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1363AB
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