19th century
2.54 x 8.89 x 5.08 cm (1 x 3 1/2 x 2 in.)
Stephen Bleecker Luce, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.
Olive wood
European?Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold
JapaneseHuangpu ware: light gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Yaozhou county, Shaanxi province
9th centuryChineseBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanTortoise shell, with brass fittings and painted lid
18th centuryFrenchYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th-11th centuryChineseWood
18th centuryAmericanLight gray stoneware with iron-saturated russet-brown and black glaze
20th centuryJapaneseLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseMetal
19th centuryFrench