18th century
0.95 x 7.94 x 1.59 cm (3/8 x 3 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
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
15th-16th centuryJapanese
Celadon ware: light gray stoneware with light bluish-green celadon glaze with a lavender splash on cover; with a square seal reading "Minoru" mpressed into the unglazed base before firing
20th 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 centuryJapaneseLacquer
ChineseEnameled 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 Wanli nian zhi" within a double circle on the base
16th-17th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseMetal
18th-19th centuryRussianLacquered Papier-mâché
19th centuryKoreanBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th-20th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChinese