c. 1825

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centurySoft wooden handle with tip splintered to make bristle fibers
JapaneseChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "dōgubori" (punch-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques
19th-20th centuryJapaneseWooden-handled metal cutting tool with metal-wrapped tip
Japanese

Metal stencil for pochoir
20th centuryAmericanFlat steel(?) blade with wooden handle and copper rim
Japanese

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double rectangle on the base
16th-17th centuryChinese