c.1930
4.5 x 9.6 x 14.5 cm (1 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
Purchased from Küster, Perry & Co. Nachfolger, Munich, 1931.
Pale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseWood, secured with wooden pegs, and with brass fittings
19th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood
JapaneseApproximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet gold and silver appliqué) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and with sheet-lead inlays; stone, metal, and enamel fittings
17th centuryJudaeanRed lacquer
ChineseWhite stoneware with ivory hued glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChineseLacquered wood with brass fittings and with inlays of mother of pearl, tortoiseshell, twisted wire, and metal filings
19th-20th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut silver)
16th-17th centuryJapanese