c. 1450-c. 1460
163 x 202.5 x 67.5 cm (64 3/16 x 79 3/4 x 26 9/16 in.)
Nickel-plated steel tubing and modern canvas
20th centuryGermanLeaded brass
1st-4th century CEUnidentified cultureWood
16th centuryItalianMahogany
18th centuryBritishMahogany with satinwood inlay, bone, and lacquered paper affixed to interior lid
18th centuryBritishStone
20th centuryChineseRed-lacquer-coated wood, the designs painted in black, green, and ochre lacquers on the red-lacquer ground; with a two-character inscription reading "Li Wang" inscribed in "lishu" (clerical script) on the underside in raw lacquer, the two-character inscription probably meaning "[Good] luck [to] Wang." Probably made in Sichuan province; probably recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea.
1st century CEChineseMahogany with various veneers (oak), gilding and brass mounts
18th centuryBritishLacquer
18th centuryJapaneseWood
18th-19th centuryBritishWood
16th centuryItalianWalnut with carved and burned decoration
15th centuryItalian