19th century
including cover: H. 3 x Diam. 8.8 cm (1 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Approximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseSilver with parcel gilding
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseLacquer on wood
JapaneseBronze
7th-10th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver); metal fittings and silk cord
18th centuryJapaneseLacquer on paulownia wood
JapaneseRattan
19th centuryIndonesianSilver with parcel gilding
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet gold and silver appliqué) techniques; metal fittings
15th-16th centuryJapanesePainted celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in copper-red and in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered in Changhŭng, South Chŏlla province, in 1963.
13th centuryKorean