17th-19th century
3.6 x 8.5 x 38.7 cm (1 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
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
16th-17th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapanesePainted celadon ware: molded light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over decoration painted in copper-red and in black and white slips. Reportedly recovered in Changhŭng, South Chŏlla province, in 1963.
13th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseMetal structure with plastic laminate
20th centuryBritishWatercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryPersianLacquer on wood with decoration in wakasa-nuri (layered lacquer and gold foil over a thick base-coat impressed with various shapes and sprinkled with raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes), gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) techniques, and with tsuishu (carved red lacquer), malachite, and carnelian inlays; stone and metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapaneseSilver
19th centuryPersianEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryChineseApproximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryLacquer on wood
19th centuryThaiEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChinese