Cylindrical Brush Handle with Decoration of a Dragon Pursuing a Flaming Jewel above Mountains and Waves

Ink on carved wood

Lacquered wood and persimmon-juiced paper support with coiled bamboo-leaf pad and bamboo-leaf wrapper

Yaozhou-ware mold: light gray stoneware with carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kiln complex, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province

Wooden handled-brush with animal hair bristles

Chūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques; with ink