Circular Covered Box with Decoration of Scholar and Attendant

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques; copper fittings

Silver

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques

Silver with parcel gilding

Ivory with velvet lining

Temmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip

Off-white stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration applied in white slip, the decoration embellished with incising and with touches of iron-brown slip in localized areas. Possibly from the Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Bamboo with carved and stained surface and with brass fittings

Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in white slip; the inner rim banded with metal

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.

Lacquer on wood

Bronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color