19th-mid 20th century
H. 2.1 x Diam. 5.7 cm (13/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th-20th centuryChineseLiao sancai ("three-color") ware: molded ivory-hued earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green and caramel-yellow glazes
11th-12th centuryChineseMetal
18th-19th centuryRussianLacquer
JapaneseLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseTortoise shell, with brass fittings and painted lid
18th centuryFrenchKoryŏ-style inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
20th centuryKoreanLacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseSilver and wax
18th centuryBritishRed lacquer
ChineseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryPale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinese