ca. 1990
H. 4.2 x Diam. 5.9 cm (1 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.)
Lacquer on wood
18th-19th centuryJapaneseMahogany and brass
20th centuryAmericanPaper over board, cardboard
19th centuryGermanMetal structure with plastic laminate
20th 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 centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in black, gold, silver, and red utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
19th 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 centuryChineseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass chips, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and with glazed-ceramic, ivory, mother-of-pearl, coral, and malachite inlays; stone and metal fittings
18th centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChineseLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseBox containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrench