Covered Box in the Form of an "X" with Dragon-and-Cloud Decor

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.

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

Liao sancai ("three-color") ware: molded ivory-hued earthenware with lead-fluxed, emerald-green and caramel-yellow glazes

Wood

Lacquer 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

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

Lacquered wood with brass fittings and with inlays of mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings

Lacquered wood: wooden core with light brown lacquer (possibly over a leather substrate) and inlays of mother-of-pearl, sharkskin or ray skin, wire, twisted wire, and metal fillings

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

Maki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground

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, and with sprinkled raden (mother-of-pearl) flakes

Light gray stoneware with iron-saturated russet-brown and black glaze