Rectangular Box, "Guri" Designs

Temmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques; metal fittings and silk cord

Silver

Incised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration

Silver

Metal

Enameled 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

Rosewood with metal (brass and copper?) fittings, the interior of the box lined with silk damask

Silver

Metal

Silver

Lacquered wood with brass fittings and with inlays of mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings