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ASK (for cosmetics) with lid. Round with slightly cupped lid. On the bottom of the inside three small bowls for makeup. The estate pale greyish yellow, overgrown with opaque glaze of a similar color. The ash was easily burnt, with the result that both the body and the glaze have a cream-colored tint and that the glaze has cracked. On the inside are small containers for storing cosmetics for face or hair. White poodle and rouge seem to have been the foundation in makeup for several centuries. The white face preparation, made of rice paste, could contain lead, aluminum, calcium, silicone, magnesium or silver. Rougen was made from the flowers from the red Indian plant from Gansu province. Purchased by Wilhelmina von Hallwyl on 4 March 1930 at Yamanaka & Co Ltd, London, through Orvar Karlbeck for GBP 15. Box with lid Northern Song dynasty. Porcelain cosmetic box with qingbai glaze, 11th century. The box is presented with different experiences, with the different body and glaze have a cream-coloured tint, and the glaze is crackled. Inside are little to hold make-up for the face or hair. White foundation plus rouge routo have the basis for face-White es. The white face preparations, made of rice paste, variously white lead, aluminum, white, silicon, magnesium and silver. The rouge was made from the rouof the red indigo flat from Gansu was.