19th century
2.22 x 6.03 cm (7/8 x 2 3/8 in.)
Stephen Bleecker Luce, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1962.
Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanEnamel
20th centuryGermanMaki-e lacquer;
17th-19th centuryJapaneseSilver
Unidentified cultureCeramic
19th centuryEuropeanRed lacquer
ChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in tsugaru-nuri (layered sabi urushi [thick lacquer paste] and colored lacquers with sprinkled silver powder and raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes, textured with circular gouging), colored lacquers, gold, and sabi urushi utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and raden inlays
18th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver 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 gold and silver)
17th-18th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with appliqués of lead foil and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and copper fittings
16th-17th centuryJapaneseWhite ware: white stoneware with clear glaze over molded elements
8th-9th centuryChineseBox with mounted Plexiglas wheel and various sample materials
20th centuryBritish