late 19th-early 20th century
H. 8.2 x W. 13.2 x D. 9.5 cm (3 1/4 x 5 3/16 x 3 3/4 in.)
[William Lipton Ltd., New York, (2001)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.
Lacquered wood with brass fittings and with inlays of mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings
19th-20th centuryKoreanLacquer, red and black
ChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in painted gold and with thin mother-of-pearl inlays; metal fittings
18th centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseMaki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground
19th centuryJapaneseRattan
19th centuryIndonesianInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanKamakura-bori (lacquer on carved wood)
18th centuryJapaneseWatercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianKoryŏ-style inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
20th centuryKoreanEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious overglaze red enamel mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
17th centuryChinese