Shōwa period, 1970-1979
13.4 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm (5 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, copper alloy particles, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
18th centuryOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryEnameled 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 rectangle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseLacquered paper over coiled banana-fiber cord, wrapped in a banana leaf
19th-20th centuryJapaneseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, platy hematite particles, and lacquer on pasteboard
20th century