17th century
0.8 × 5 cm (5/16 × 1 15/16 in.)
Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021
Negoro ware; red and black lacquer on wood
18th-19th centuryJapaneseMarble
European?Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) technique; stone and gilt-copper fittings
17th centuryJapaneseSilver
19th centuryPersianWood, secured with wooden pegs, and with brass fittings
19th centuryKoreanSilver
19th centuryBritishLacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and originally with inlays [now lost]; stone and metal fittings
16th-17th centuryJapaneseMaki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground
19th centuryJapaneseYue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
9th-10th centuryChineseCarved rhinoceros horn
17th centuryChineseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze
13th centuryChineseMetal structure with plastic laminate
20th centuryBritish