Circular Covered Box with Decoration of Scholar and Attendant

Red lacquer

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

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver)

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over tin layer on pasteboard

Rattan

Ivory with velvet lining

Silver with parcel gilding; with inscription incised on base and cover

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays

Koryŏ-style inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration inlaid in black and white slips

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

Silver