Momoyama period, 16th century
3.6 x 8 cm (1 7/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Red lacquer with gold paint
ChineseLacquer on woven bamboo with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques and with sheet-lead and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays
17th centuryJapaneseLacquer
JapaneseLacquered wood with brass fittings and with inlays of mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings
19th-20th centuryKoreanWood with metal fittings
20th centuryKoreanMetal
19th centuryFrenchLacquer on wood with decoration in black, gold, silver, and red utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
19th centuryJapaneseCeramic
19th centuryEuropeanLacquer on wood
17th-19th centuryJapaneseRosewood with metal (brass and copper?) fittings, the interior of the box lined with silk damask
18th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against a cobalt blue ground, the central medallion on the cover with molded decoration under pale, sky-blue glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChinese