18th century
0.95 x 7.94 x 1.59 cm (3/8 x 3 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Carved ivory
19th centuryChineseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, brass chips, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
19th centuryBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanSilver
18th centuryBritishQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseSilver
17th centuryDutch?Lacquer, brown with red underlayer.
ChineseIron or bronze with decoration applied in gold; with small cartouche on the cover reading "Kingakuji" and a maker's mark in gold on the base; the interior of box and cover lined with sheet gold, the linings cursorily engraved with landscapes
19th-20th centuryJapaneseDry lacquer; dark brown lacquer over fabric core, the decoration on the exterior in "takamakie" high relief gold and brown lacquer, the decoration on the interior and base in "nashiji" gold flakes; the base with signature reading "Mushū" in black lacquer
21st centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays
17th-18th centuryJapaneseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseEarthenware with three-color (sancai) lead glaze
8th centuryChinese