Large Scroll Box

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) 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; stone and metal fittings

Lacquer on wood with decoration in sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with appliqués of lead foil and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and copper fittings

Lacquer, red and black

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, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and with glazed-ceramic, ivory, mother-of-pearl, coral, and malachite inlays; stone and metal fittings

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

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass chips, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Marble

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver); metal fittings and silk cord

Silver

Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips

Bronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color

Wood with metal fittings