Box for Tooth Dye with a Pine
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Box for Tooth Dye with a Pine
Muromachi period, 15th century
Lacquer coating with [maki-e] decoration
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This box held dye that women used to blacken their teeth, as was customary at the time. Small boxes like this were kept inside larger cosmetic boxes."
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