1902
38.3 × 55.8 × 1 cm (15 1/16 × 21 15/16 × 3/8 in.)
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 centuryChineseLacquered papier maché, watercolor and gold
20th centuryPersianInk and color on carved wood
19th centuryChineseChūban (medium-sized) minogami (mulberry bark paper) treated with persimmon juice and cut using the "kiribori" (drill-carving) technique
19th-20th centuryJapaneseInk on carved wood
19th centuryChineseOpaque watercolor and lacquer over papier-maché
18th-19th centuryPersianCarved cherry wood
19th centuryJapaneseWooden-handled metal cutting tool with metal-wrapped tip
Japanese