5.72 x 8.26 x 8.26 cm (2 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Kamakura-bori; black and cinnabar lacquers over a carved wooden core
14th-15th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood
JapanesePale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques
17th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood
JapaneseLacquer on wood
JapaneseDry 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 centuryJapaneseEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
9th-10th centuryChineseSilver
19th centuryBritishOff-white stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration applied in white slip, the decoration embellished with incising and with touches of iron-brown slip in localized areas. Possibly from the Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
9th centuryChineseTakamakie lacquer, nashiji gold flakes, and kirigane gold foil on a roiro black lacquer ground, the lower sides with nashiji gold flakes and bokashi kinpun gold dust, the inside and the bottom with dense nashiji gold flakes
20th centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChinese