Early Edo period, 17th century-18th century
8.9 x 4.3 cm (3 1/2 x 1 11/16 in.)
Box containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrenchSilver
Unidentified cultureRed lacquer
ChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and shibuchi (copper-silver alloy); metal fittings
17th-18th centuryJapaneseApproximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseMetal structure with plastic laminate
20th centuryBritishLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with silver and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseStoneware with brown glaze
9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with ivory hued glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in a dark brown slip on a white slip ground
12th-13th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques
17th centuryJapanese