3.18 x 6.99 cm (1 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Lacquered 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 centuryKoreanEnamel
20th centuryGermanLacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseMetal
19th centuryFrenchHuangpu 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 centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanGrayish nephrite with off-white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChineseApproximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryLacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques and with sheet-lead and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and metal fittings
17th centuryJapaneseTortoise shell
18th centuryFrench