2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE
4.8 x 6 x 2.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 in.)
Marble
European?Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseLacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood
19th centuryThaiLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques; metal fittings and silk cord
18th centuryJapanese
Box containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrenchLacquer, brown with red underlayer.
ChineseWood
19th-20th centuryThaiSilver
19th centuryBritishPainted celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in copper-red and in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered in Changhŭng, South Chŏlla province, in 1963.
13th centuryKoreanRosewood with metal (brass and copper?) fittings, the interior of the box lined with silk damask
18th centuryKorean