Early to Mid Edo period, late 17th or early 18th century
5.8 x 14.9 cm (2 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold
JapaneseLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; [modern] silver fittings
16th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in white slip; the inner rim banded with metal
12th centuryKoreanRed lacquer with gold paint
ChineseKamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core
14th-15th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseWood
19th centuryTibetanIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th centuryKoreanMetal
19th centuryFrenchBrass
19th centuryPersian