Small Circular Covered Box, Probably for Seal Paste, with Decoration of a Man Holding a Staff and Bundle

Monochrome lead-glazed ware: molded white earthenware with lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze on the exterior and lead-fluxed clear glaze mottled with green on the interior. Probably from kilns at Luoyang or Gongxian, Henan province.

Lacquer

Pale greenish white nephrite

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; lead-alloy fittings

Silver with parcel gilding

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 Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base

Kamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet gold and silver appliqué) techniques; metal fittings

Red lacquer with gold paint

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique

Cast iron with localized areas of gilding; the interior of the box and cover lined with hammered silver purportedly designed by Miochin (1624-1642)