12th cent. - 13th cent.
H. 4.5 x Diam. 11.8 cm (1 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.)
Approximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryHan painted lacquer: reddish-brown and black lacquers over wooden core, with designs painted in lacquer and with metal mounts (probably tin)
2nd-1st century BCEChineseRed lacquer with gold paint
ChineseMetal structure with plastic laminate
20th centuryBritishLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; gilt-copper fittings
17th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th 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
18th-19th centuryChineseTortoise shell
18th centuryFrench