15th century
3.8 x 6.1 cm (1 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
Ivory with velvet lining
18th centuryBritishQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the decoration painted in localized areas of discontinuous dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryFrenchPorcelain with enamels and gold
19th centuryGermanInlaid 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 sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with sprinkled raden (mother-of-pearl) flakes
16th-17th centuryJapaneseKamakura-bori (lacquer on carved wood)
18th centuryJapaneseSilver and wax
18th centuryBritishLacquer on wood with decoration in painted gold and with thin mother-of-pearl inlays; metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded inscription reading "Wu Jia He ___" on the base
12th-13th centuryChineseGrayish nephrite with off-white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChinese