One of a Pair of Storage Boxes, with Decoration of Two Dragons Pursuing a Flaming Jewel and with a Hinged Cover Fitted with a Lock

White stoneware with russet-brown glaze

Lacquer on wood with decoration in sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with appliqués of lead foil and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; stone and copper fittings

Wood

Pale greenish white nephrite

Ceramic

Lacquer on wood

White ware: white stoneware with clear glaze over molded elements

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) technique and with raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays

Maki-e designs in gold and silver on nashi-ji lacquer ground

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-square set within a "ruyi" cloud-scroll border on the base

Off-white stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration applied in white slip, the decoration embellished with incising and with touches of iron-brown slip in localized areas. Possibly from the Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.