Jade Covered Box in the Form of a Quail (One of a Pair with 1942.185.248.A-B)

Pale greenish white nephrite; the inscription picked out in gold

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded inscription reading "Wu Jia He ___" on the base

Lacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings

Bronze

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

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

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

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

Lacquer, red and black

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold); stone and metal fittings

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

Maki-e lacquer;