Early Edo period, late 17th - early 18th century
14.1 x 18.7 x 27.2 cm (5 9/16 x 7 3/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Elaine Ehrenkranz, Plantation, FL, (by 1996), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.
Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: molded ivory-hued earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green and caramel-yellow glazes
11th-12th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in painted gold and with thin mother-of-pearl inlays; metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseMarble
European?Lacquer
ChineseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
9th-10th centuryChineseLacquer 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 with shibuchi (copper-silver alloy), brass, silver, and coral inlays; stone, metal, and enamel fittings
18th 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 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 Wanli nian zhi" within a double-square set within a "ruyi" cloud-scroll border on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseWood, secured with wooden pegs, and with brass fittings
19th centuryKoreanMaki-e lacquer
19th centuryJapanese