12th-13th century
overall: H. 7.7 x Diam. 9.1 cm (3 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
William B. Goldstein, M.D. purchased from Kaikodo, New York
Paper over board, cardboard
19th centuryGermanNegoro ware; red and black lacquer on wood
18th-19th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in painted gold and with thin mother-of-pearl inlays; metal fittings
18th centuryJapaneseQingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze; with molded inscription reading "Wu Jia He ___" on the base
12th-13th centuryChinesePale green neprhite; the inscription picked out in gold
19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design) techniques and with sheet-lead and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and metal fittings
17th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques
18th centuryJapaneseWood
18th centuryAmericanSilver and wax
18th centuryBritishLacquer on paulownia wood
JapaneseLacquer
Japanese