18th-early 19th century
including cover: H. 3 x Diam. 6.6 cm (1 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Bronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanLacquered wood: wooden core with light brown lacquer (possibly over a leather substrate) and inlays of mother-of-pearl, sharkskin or ray skin, wire, twisted wire, and metal fillings
18th-19th centuryKoreanLacquer on paulownia wood
JapaneseLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; [modern] silver fittings
16th centuryJapaneseGrayish nephrite with off-white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChineseWhite ware: white stoneware with clear glaze over molded elements
8th-9th centuryChineseWhite stoneware with russet-brown glaze
20th centuryJapaneseKamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core
14th-15th centuryJapaneseCeladon ware: light gray stoneware with light bluish-green celadon glaze with a lavender splash on cover; with a square seal reading "Minoru" mpressed into the unglazed base before firing
20th centuryJapaneseKamakura-bori (lacquer on carved wood)
18th centuryJapaneseIron or bronze with decoration applied in gold; with small cartouche on the cover reading "Kingakuji" and a maker's mark in gold on the base; the interior of box and cover lined with sheet gold, the linings cursorily engraved with landscapes
19th-20th centuryJapanese