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Five Venus Shells

(Japanese)
late 18th–early 19th century
Object PlaceJapan
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood with applied white and black dry lacquer
Dimensions3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman
Accession number47.662
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