Late Edo-Meiji period, 19th-early 20th century
26.7 x 47.9 cm (10 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.)
Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within double bowstring lines at the end of the handle
16th-17th centuryChinese
Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChinese
Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving), "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapaneseCast bronze
17th-19th centuryKorean

One of a pair of koban (small-sized) sheets of minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving) and "dōgubori" (punch-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapanese