Box with Hinged Lid

Metal

Temmoku-type ware: light gray stoneware with black glaze, the decoration painted in overglaze iron-brown slip

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

White ware: white stoneware with clear glaze over molded elements

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in a dark brown slip on a white slip ground

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

Lacquered wood: wooden core with light brown lacquer (possibly over a leather substrate) and inlays of mother-of-pearl, sharkskin or ray skin, wire, twisted wire, and metal fillings

Lacquer on paulownia wood

Blue-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

Inlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration partially inlaid in black and white slips

Wood with metal fittings

Metal