1897
cover: 61.3 x 45.7 cm (24 1/8 x 18 in.)
White stoneware with clear glaze
8th-9th centuryChineseBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKoreanBlue-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
18th-19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue
19th-20th centuryChineseLacquered Papier-mâché
19th centuryKoreanLacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; [modern] silver fittings
16th centuryJapaneseSilver and wax
18th centuryBritishWood
19th centuryAmericanInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration and over decoration inlaid in black and white slips
13th centuryKoreanRattan
19th centuryIndonesianLacquer on wood
JapaneseBronze, with damascened overlays of cut sheet silver, the bronze with induced gunmetal gray surface color
19th-20th centuryKorean