18th-19th century
including cover: H. 5.8 x Diam. 7.3 cm (2 5/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base
16th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryAnnameseSilver
19th centuryBritishStoneware with brown glaze
9th centuryChineseMetal
19th centuryFrenchInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in white slip; the inner rim banded with metal
12th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood with decoration in tsugaru-nuri (layered sabi urushi [thick lacquer paste] and colored lacquers with sprinkled silver powder and raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes, textured with circular gouging), colored lacquers, gold, and sabi urushi utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and raden inlays
18th centuryJapaneseBox with mounted Plexiglas wheel and various sample materials
20th centuryBritishMetal
18th-19th centuryRussianLacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, lacquer paste, lead, ceramic and shell inlays; stone and metal fittings
18th centuryJapanese