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1900-1920 2.5” x4”
Japanese potteries made small porcelain vanity items like this for export to Western markets during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Artisans in regions like Kutani and other major ceramic centers painted these pieces by hand using bright enamels and gold highlights. They were designed to sit on dressing tables as part of matching dresser sets that included trays, powder boxes, and hair receivers.
Women used them on their dressing tables to collect loose hair from brushes and combs during daily grooming sessions. This saved hair was often cleaned and saved to stuff small cushions known as rat pads that added volume to hairstyles of the era. The practice faded away as hairstyles changed in the 1920s, rendering these delicate porcelain containers obsolete for their original purpose.
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