1896
43.7 × 59.7 × 7.4 cm (17 3/16 × 23 1/2 × 2 15/16 in.) 51200 g
Carved and engraved wood; ten bordered columns of text per recto and per verso; twenty two characters per column. Text in Chinese characters.
18th-19th centuryKoreanLacquered wood and persimmon-juiced paper support with coiled bamboo-leaf pad and bamboo-leaf wrapper
JapaneseSteel overlaid with gold on top and sides, silver on base
19th centuryCopper
5th century BCEGreekInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "hikibori" (pull-carving) and "tsukibori" (thrust-carving) techniques, with "ito-ire" (silk-web) reinforcement
19th-20th centuryJapanese