Portfolio cover from the portfolio "On Death, Part One, Opus XI"

Bronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color

Yaozhou ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over carved decoration. From the Yaozhou kilns at Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) technique; stone and gilt-copper fittings

Silver

Pale greenish white nephrite

Cast iron with localized areas of gilding; the interior of the box and cover lined with hammered silver purportedly designed by Miochin (1624-1642)

Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique

Han painted lacquer: reddish-brown and black lacquers over wooden core, with designs painted in lacquer and with metal mounts (probably tin)

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

Lacquer on wood

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