Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and originally with inlays [now lost]; stone and metal fittings

16th-17th centuryJapanese

Boxes

Document Box (Ryōshibako) with Auspicious Landscape Design

Unknown Artist, 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and seisei urushi (cooked lacquer) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; gold and shakudo (copper-gold alloy) fittings

18th centuryJapanese

Boxes

Circular, Covered Cosmetic or Seal-Paste Box with Decoration of a Figure Attending a Vase of Blossoming Chrysanthemum Branches

Unknown Artist, 13th century

Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips

13th centuryKorean

Boxes

Kōdaiji Incense Container (Kōgō) with Shell and Chrysanthemum Design

Unknown Artist, Momoyama period, late 16th to early 17th century

Lacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut silver)

16th-17th centuryJapanese

Boxes

Poem-Slip Box (Shikishibako) with Pine Tree Design

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, late 17th century -early 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver); metal fittings and silk cord

17th-18th centuryJapanese