Snuff Box

Wood

Silver with parcel gilding; with inscription incised on base and cover

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; metal interior fittings

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, applied kirigane (cut gold and silver), and [later] raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings

Silver

Han painted lacquer: reddish-brown and black lacquers over wooden core, with designs painted in lacquer and with metal mounts (probably tin)

Cast iron with localized areas of gilding; the interior of the box and cover lined with hammered silver purportedly designed by Miochin (1624-1642)

Painted 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.

Tortoise shell