18th-early 19th century
including cover: H. 3 x Diam. 6.6 cm (1 3/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Lacquer on wood with decoration in wakasa-nuri (layered lacquer and gold foil over a thick base-coat impressed with various shapes and sprinkled with raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes), gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) techniques, and with tsuishu (carved red lacquer), malachite, and carnelian inlays; stone and metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with spurious overglaze red enamel mark reading "Chenghua nian zhi" on the base
17th centuryChinese
Box containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrenchOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass chips, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryTortoise shell, with brass fittings and painted lid
18th centuryFrenchMetal
19th centuryFrenchLacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseWhite stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapanese
Box with mounted Plexiglas wheel and various sample materials
20th centuryBritishLacquer on wood
Japanese