6th-7th century CE
2.8 x 7.8 cm (1 1/8 x 3 1/16 in.)
Hagop Kevorkian collection, gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1975.
Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques, and with glazed-ceramic and tortoiseshell inlays
17th-18th centuryJapaneseGrayish nephrite with off-white inclusions
18th-19th centuryChineseHan painted lacquer: reddish-brown and black lacquers over wooden core, with designs painted in lacquer and with metal mounts (probably tin)
2nd-1st century BCEChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in sumiaka (exposed cloth ground) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with gold and silver inlays; metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseMaki-e lacquer;
17th-19th centuryJapanese
Box containing reproductions of seventy-one works by Duchamp
20th centuryFrenchLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; metal fittings
17th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) technique; stone and gilt-copper fittings
17th centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood
19th centuryThaiLacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings
18th-19th centuryJapanese