c. 1870
4 x 3.5 x 4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Walter P. Gunn, Jr. family, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1997
Silver with parcel gilding
3rd century BCE-3rd century CEChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; lead-alloy fittings
16th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood
JapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in sumiaka (exposed cloth ground) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with gold and silver inlays; metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseIncised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration
11th centuryKoreanMetal
19th centuryFrenchBlue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue
15th centuryAnnameseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseEnameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
17th centuryChineseLacquer on wood
17th-19th centuryJapaneseBox containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrench