Enameled, Jeweled and Gilded Box

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet gold and silver appliqué) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and with sheet-lead inlays; stone, metal, and enamel fittings

Lacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings

Metal

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) technique; stone and gilt-copper fittings

Carved rhinoceros horn

Maki-e lacquer;

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold); stone and metal fittings

Red lacquer

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques

Bamboo with carved and stained surface and with brass fittings

Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.