late 19th-early 20th century
H. 4.9 x W. 8 x 8 cm x D. 8 cm (1 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
[William Lipton Ltd., New York, (2001)] sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2001.
Silver
17th centuryBritishLacquer on wood
JapaneseWood
19th-20th centuryThaiLacquer on wood
JapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with sprinkled raden (mother-of-pearl) flakes
16th-17th centuryJapaneseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the decoration painted in localized areas of discontinuous dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChineseLacquer
JapaneseBox containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrenchLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, applied kirigane (cut gold and silver), and [later] raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings
15th-16th centuryJapaneseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChineseLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKorean