Water Dropper in the Form of a Silver Ingot with a Handle in the Form of a "Chilong" Dragon

Light gray stoneware, the conical opening with celadon glaze, the exterior with orange-rust-hued skin. From the Longquan kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement

Ink on carved wood

Dark green nephrite with black inclusions (so-called spinach-green jade); with dated inscription of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736-95) incised around the rim

Terracotta

Kakuban (square-shaped) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique