Shōwa period, mid 20th century
H. 15.7 cm x W. 20.5 cm x D. 20.5 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryAnnameseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanHuangpu 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 centuryChineseLacquer on wood
JapaneseSilver
17th centuryDutch?Temmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseSilver with parcel gilding
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseMahogany and brass
20th centuryAmericanPale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in tsugaru-nuri (layered sabi urushi [thick lacquer paste] and colored lacquers with sprinkled silver powder and raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes, textured with circular gouging), colored lacquers, gold, and sabi urushi utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and raden inlays
18th centuryJapaneseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryLacquer on wood with decoration in gold
Japanese