Miniature Box

Box with mounted Plexiglas wheel and various sample materials

Wood

Lacquer

Ivory plaques mounted on oak, with gilt bronze fittings

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

Lacquer

Dry 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

Incised celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration

Watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard

Wood

Maki-e lacquer;

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels