18th-19th century
including cover: H. 18.5 x W. 54.4 x D. 28.4 cm (7 5/16 x 21 7/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Philip Hofer (1898-1984), Cambridge, MA (by 1984), gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.
Lacquer on wood
19th centuryThaiPale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood
JapaneseLacquer, brown with red underlayer.
ChineseSilver, gilt
19th centuryBritishLacquer on wood with decoration in sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with appliqués of lead foil and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and copper fittings
16th-17th centuryJapaneseSilver and wax
18th centuryBritishSilver
19th centuryPersianLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques; metal fittings and silk cord
18th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver 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 gold and silver)
17th-18th centuryJapaneseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryBritish