3.49 x 5.4 x 3.18 cm (1 3/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Lacquer on wood
JapaneseInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
12th centuryKoreanSilver
18th centuryBritishYaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.
11th-12th centuryChinesePorcelain with enamels and gold
19th centuryGermanRed lacquer
ChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques; metal fittings and silk cord
18th centuryJapaneseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration reserved in white against a cobalt blue ground, the central medallion on the cover with molded decoration under pale, sky-blue glaze
18th-19th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseBamboo with carved and stained surface and with brass fittings
18th-19th centuryKoreanSilver
19th centuryPersian