Momoyama period, late 16th century
H. 5.7 x W. 21.8 x D. 6.1 cm (2 1/4 x 8 9/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against a cobalt blue ground, the central medallion on the cover with molded decoration under pale, sky-blue glaze
18th-19th centuryChineseLacquer, red and black
ChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in wakasa-nuri (layered lacquer and gold foil over a thick base-coat impressed with various shapes and sprinkled with raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes), gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) techniques, and with tsuishu (carved red lacquer), malachite, and carnelian inlays; stone and metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseSilver
Unidentified cultureKamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core
14th-15th centuryJapaneseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseSilver and wax
18th centuryBritishLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques
17th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in black and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; shakudo (copper-gold alloy) fittings
19th centuryJapaneseWood
19th-20th centuryThaiLacquer 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 sheet-lead inlays; stone and metal fittings
17th-18th centuryJapanese