Early Edo period, late 17th to early 18th century
4.6 x 20.8 x 22.2 cm (1 13/16 x 8 3/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Pale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseStoneware with brown glaze
9th 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), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with glazed-ceramic and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and lacquered-copper fittings
18th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th-20th centuryChineseWood with inscribed characters in gold on lid and interior
18th centuryChineseRed lacquer
ChineseLacquered wood with brass fittings and with inlays of mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings
19th-20th centuryKoreanBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanDry lacquer; dark brown lacquer over fabric core, the decoration on the exterior in "takamakie" high relief gold and brown lacquer, the decoration on the interior and base in "nashiji" gold flakes; the base with signature reading "Mushū" in black lacquer
21st centuryJapaneseLacquer
JapaneseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in a dark brown slip on a white slip ground
12th-13th centuryChinese