19th century
Attractively painted with bird and flower.
7 x 30 x 9 cm (2 3/4 x 11 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique
18th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th-20th centuryChineseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKorean
Celadon ware: light gray stoneware with light bluish-green celadon glaze with a lavender splash on cover; with a square seal reading "Minoru" mpressed into the unglazed base before firing
20th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood
JapanesePale greenish white nephrite with russet skin
16th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and aokin (gold-silver) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques; gilt-copper fittings [tray with decoration of cranes in takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) may be a later replacement]
18th centuryJapaneseBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChinesePorcelain with enamels and gold
19th centuryGermanIvory with velvet lining
18th centuryBritishCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChinese