Jade Covered Box in the Form of a Quail (One of a Pair with 1942.185.247.A-B)

Pale greenish white nephrite with russet skin

Lacquer on wood

Enameled 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

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

Bronze

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

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and with glazed-ceramic, ivory, mother-of-pearl, coral, and malachite inlays; stone and metal fittings

Wood, secured with wooden pegs, and with brass fittings

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

Wood with inscribed characters in gold on lid and interior

Pale greenish white nephrite

Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips