Circular Covered Incense Box, the Domed Cover with Flattened Top

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique

Ivory plaques mounted on oak, with gilt bronze fittings

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and aokin (gold-silver) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques; gilt-copper fittings [tray with decoration of cranes in takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) may be a later replacement]

Grayish nephrite with off-white inclusions

Lacquer 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, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and silver inlays; stone, metal, and enamel fittings

Red lacquer

Lacquer

Silver

Lacquer, brown with red underlayer.

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

Pale greenish white nephrite with white inclusions

Lacquer on wood