Style of the Muromachi period, late 15th or early 16th century
6.7 x 7.1 x 39.6 cm (2 5/8 x 2 13/16 x 15 9/16 in.)
Mixed copper alloy, lid possibly tinned
6th-7th centuryByzantineLight gray stoneware with iron-saturated russet-brown and black glaze
20th centuryJapaneseBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanLacquer on paulownia wood
JapaneseIron or bronze with decoration applied in gold; with small cartouche on the cover reading "Kingakuji" and a maker's mark in gold on the base; the interior of box and cover lined with sheet gold, the linings cursorily engraved with landscapes
19th-20th centuryJapaneseLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseRed lacquer
ChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold); stone and metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseWood with metal fittings
20th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
17th-18th centuryJapaneseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
13th centuryKorean