19th century
H. 2 x Diam. 3.5 cm (13/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Silver
19th centuryFrenchMaki-e designs in gold and silver lacquers on nashiji lacquer ground
19th centuryJapaneseYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChineseLacquer on wood
17th-19th centuryJapaneseTemmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip
20th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, applied kirigane (cut gold and silver), and [later] raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings
15th-16th centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseKamakura-bori (lacquer on carved wood)
18th centuryJapaneseWatercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianIvory with velvet lining
18th centuryBritishEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryChinesePale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChinese