206 BCE - 220 CE
H. 2.9 x Diam. 4.1 cm (1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
Red lacquer with gold paint
ChineseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique
18th centuryJapaneseSilver
18th centuryBritishMaki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground
JapaneseEnameled 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 a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChineseLight gray stoneware with iron-saturated russet-brown and black glaze
20th centuryJapaneseHan painted lacquer: reddish-brown and black lacquers over wooden core, with designs painted in lacquer and with metal mounts (probably tin)
2nd-1st century BCEChineseMetal
18th-19th centuryRussianLacquer
JapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays
17th-18th centuryJapaneseWood
19th-20th centuryThai