Edo period,
4.45 x 20 cm (1 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)
Silver
19th centuryBritishLacquer 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
18th centuryJapaneseMonochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with green on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.
9th-10th centuryChinesePale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseApproximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryLacquer on wood
18th-19th centuryJapaneseIvory with velvet lining
18th centuryBritishLacquer on wood
JapaneseSilver
19th centuryBritishLacquered Papier-mâché
19th centuryKoreanLacquer
JapaneseCarved ivory
19th centuryChinese