3.18 x 6.99 cm (1 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
Lacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryRattan
19th centuryIndonesianLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; openwork bronze cover and copper interior fittings
17th-18th centuryJapaneseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryFrenchLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays
17th-18th centuryJapaneseIvory plaques mounted on oak, with gilt bronze fittings
12th centuryItalianLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; metal fittings
17th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold); stone and metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood
Japanese