Circular Incense Container (Kōgō) with Paulownia Design

Grayish nephrite with off-white inclusions

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

Huangpu 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

Maki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground

Negoro ware; red and black lacquer on wood

Lacquer on wood with decoration in zonsei-nuri (incised and painted lacquer) and gold utilizing the togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) technique; silk cord

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the "hiramaki-e" (low-relief sprinkled design) and "kanagai" (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques

Red lacquer with gold paint

Kamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core

Off-white stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration applied in white slip, the decoration embellished with incising and with touches of iron-brown slip in localized areas. Possibly from the Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Pale greenish white nephrite with russet skin

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard