Late Muromachi or Momoyama period, late 16th-17th century
4.5 x 22.2 x 23.7 cm (1 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 9 5/16 in.)
Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, applied kirigane (cut gold and silver), and [later] raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings
15th-16th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut silver)
16th-17th centuryJapaneseWood, secured with wooden pegs, and with brass fittings
19th centuryKoreanHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the decoration painted in localized areas of discontinuous dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite with white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChineseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseRed lacquer
ChineseWood
18th centuryAmericanMixed copper alloy, lid possibly tinned
6th-7th centuryByzantineLacquer 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
JapaneseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChinese