late 16th-17th century
5.9 x 14.7 x 10.6 cm (2 5/16 x 5 13/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Copper alloy
Chinese
Kakuban (square-shaped) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) technique
19th-20th centuryJapaneseYaozhou-ware mold: light gray stoneware with carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
12th-13th centuryChinese
![Dry pigment, Alizerene [Alizarin]](/images/art-placeholder.jpg)

Ink on carved wood
19th centuryChinese