Covered Rectangular Box, the Cover with a Stylized "Double Hŭi" Character, the Box with Four Cartouches round its Side Walls, the Cartouches Depicting Two Recumbent Spotted Deer amidst Pines, Two Standing Manchurian Cranes amidst Bamboo, Two Walking Spotted Deer amidst Pines, and a Turtle Emerging from Waves, all the Decorative Motifs on Box and Cover Set against a Diapered Ground

Bamboo with carved and stained surface and with brass fittings

Pale greenish white nephrite

Dry lacquer; dark brown lacquer over fabric core, the decoration on the exterior in "takamakie" high relief gold and brown lacquer, the decoration on the interior and base in "nashiji" gold flakes; the base with signature reading "Mushū" in black lacquer

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

Silver with parcel gilding

Silver

Mixed copper alloy, lid possibly tinned

Celadon ware: light gray stoneware with light bluish-green celadon glaze with a lavender splash on cover; with a square seal reading "Minoru" mpressed into the unglazed base before firing

Lacquer on woven bamboo with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques and with sheet-lead and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays

Enamel

Metal structure with plastic laminate

Carved ivory