late 18th-19th century, probably 19th century
Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseMahogany and brass
20th centuryAmericanLacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and aokin (gold-silver) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques; gilt-copper fittings [tray with decoration of cranes in takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) may be a later replacement]
18th centuryJapaneseKamakura-bori (lacquer on carved wood)
18th centuryJapaneseSilver
18th centuryBritishLacquer on wood
JapaneseLacquer on woven bamboo with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques and with sheet-lead and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays
17th centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite with russet skin
16th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the "hiramaki-e" (low-relief sprinkled design) and "kanagai" (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques
18th-19th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseLacquer 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), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and with sheet-lead inlays; stone and metal fittings
17th-18th centuryJapaneseBox containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrench