Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; lead-alloy fittings

16th centuryJapanese

Boxes

Circular Covered Box with Lotus Blossom Decor

Unknown Artist, 9th-10th century

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.

9th-10th centuryChinese

Boxes

LACQUER BOX, BLACK AND GOLD, DEPRESSED CORNERS.

Unknown Artist

Lacquer on wood

Japanese

Boxes

Scroll Box (Fubako) with Miscellaneous Crest Design

Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, late 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques; metal fittings and silk cord

18th centuryJapanese

Boxes

Small, Flat, Circular Covered Box with Floral Decor

Unknown Artist, probably late 11th century

Incised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration

11th centuryKorean

Boxes

Silver Amulet Box

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Silver

19th centuryPersian

Boxes

Box for "Pair of Folding Fans with Paintings by Jiang Tingxi and Calligraphy by Wang Youdun"

Unknown Artist, Kangxi period, first third 18th century

Wood with inscribed characters in gold on lid and interior

Lacquer on wood

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Tortoise shell

18th centuryFrench

Boxes

Large Storage Box with Decoration of Peacocks Facing a Flaming Jewel

Unknown Artist, 19th century

Lacquered wood with inlays of tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings

19th centuryKorean

Boxes

Circular Covered Box with Stylized Floral Decor, the Box and Cover Each with Vertical Fluting on the Sides

Unknown Artist, second half 13th century

Painted celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in copper-red and in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered in Changhŭng, South Chŏlla province, in 1963.

13th centuryKorean