Early Edo period, 17th century-18th century
8.9 x 4.3 cm (3 1/2 x 1 11/16 in.)
Ivory with velvet lining
18th centuryBritishInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanPale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseWood
19th-20th centuryThaiLacquer
ChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the decoration painted in localized areas of discontinuous dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique
18th centuryJapaneseLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques
16th-17th centuryJapaneseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th centuryKoreanKamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core
14th-15th centuryJapanese