12th cent. - 13th cent.
H. 4.5 x Diam. 11.8 cm (1 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
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
17th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-square set within a "ruyi" cloud-scroll border on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseSilver
18th centuryBritishWatercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKorean
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
21st centuryJapanesePorcelain with enamels and gold
19th centuryGermanRattan
19th centuryIndonesianGrayish nephrite with off-white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded inscription reading "Wu Jia He ___" on the base
12th-13th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite with white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood
Japanese