Circular, Covered Cosmetic or Seal-Paste Box with Decoration of a Figure Attending a Vase of Blossoming Chrysanthemum Branches
13th century
Dimensions
with cover: H. 3.1 x Diam. 8.1 cm (1 1/4 x 3 3/16 in.)
Provenance
Shirley Nye (d. 2003), New York (by 1999), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999.
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