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Tea Caddy (Natsume) with Paulownia Crest Design
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Tea Caddy (Natsume) with Paulownia Crest Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese
Portable Tea-Utensil Box (Chabako) with Bonsai and Paulownia Crest Design
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Portable Tea-Utensil Box (Chabako) with Bonsai and Paulownia Crest Design
Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, late 17th century-early 18th century

Lacquer 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, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver)

17th-18th centuryJapanese
Mirror Box (Kagamibako) and Tiered Incense Container (Jūkōgō) with Flowering Clematis Design
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Mirror Box (Kagamibako) and Tiered Incense Container (Jūkōgō) with Flowering Clematis Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, early 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold 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

18th centuryJapanese
Box-Style Netsuke with Triple-Crest Design
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Box-Style Netsuke with Triple-Crest Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in sumiaka (exposed cloth ground) and gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques and with gold and silver inlays; metal fittings

18th centuryJapanese
Poem-Slip Box (Shikishibako) with Plum Tree and Triple-Hollyhock Crest Design
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Poem-Slip Box (Shikishibako) with Plum Tree and Triple-Hollyhock Crest Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver)

18th centuryJapanese
Small Container (Kobako) with Chrysanthemum and Wheel Design
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Small Container (Kobako) with Chrysanthemum and Wheel Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques; lead-alloy fittings

18th centuryJapanese
Drawered Incense Pillow (Kōmakura) with Crest and Fern-Scroll Design
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Drawered Incense Pillow (Kōmakura) with Crest and Fern-Scroll Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

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

18th centuryJapanese
Scroll Box (Fubako) with Miscellaneous Crest Design
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Scroll Box (Fubako) with Miscellaneous Crest Design
Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, late 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques; metal fittings and silk cord

18th centuryJapanese
Footed Document Box (Ryōshibako) with Summer Waterscape Design
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Footed Document Box (Ryōshibako) with Summer Waterscape Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

Lacquer 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 centuryJapanese
Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) in the Form of a Birdcage with Flying Cuckoo Design
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Incense-Game Set (Kōdōgubako) in the Form of a Birdcage with Flying Cuckoo Design
Unknown Artist, Muromachi and Edo period, 16th and 18th centuries

Lacquer 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, and with silver and raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays; metal fittings

18th centuryJapanese
Long Scroll Box (Nagafubako) with Stylized Floral Design
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Long Scroll Box (Nagafubako) with Stylized Floral Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver); metal fittings and silk cord

18th centuryJapanese
Portable Kamakura-bori Tea Utensil Box (Chabako) with Chinese-Lion and Peony Design
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Portable Kamakura-bori Tea Utensil Box (Chabako) with Chinese-Lion and Peony Design
Unknown Artist, Edo period, late 18th century

Kamakura-bori (lacquer on carved wood)

18th centuryJapanese
Octagonal Tiered Food Box (Jūbako)
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Octagonal Tiered Food Box (Jūbako)
Unknown Artist, Edo period, 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in painted gold and with thin mother-of-pearl inlays; metal fittings

18th centuryJapanese
Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Tiger and Bamboo Design
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Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Tiger and Bamboo Design
Unknown Artist, Mid Edo period, 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and kanagai (sheet-gold appliqué) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold); stone and metal fittings

18th centuryJapanese
Small Container (Kobako) with Samurai Accouterments Design
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Small Container (Kobako) with Samurai Accouterments Design
Unknown Artist, Mid to Late Edo period, late 18th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, applied kirigane (cut gold), and with raden (mother-of-pearl) inlays

18th centuryJapanese
Wakasa-Nuri Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Double Inrō-Ensemble Design
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Wakasa-Nuri Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Double Inrō-Ensemble Design
Unknown Artist, Late Edo period, late 18thcentury-early 19th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in wakasa-nuri (layered lacquer and gold foil over a thick base-coat impressed with various shapes and sprinkled with raden [mother-of-pearl] flakes), gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and togidashi maki-e (sprinkled design revealed by polishing) techniques, and with tsuishu (carved red lacquer), malachite, and carnelian inlays; stone and metal fittings

18th-19th centuryJapanese
Mirror Box (Kagamibako) with Flowering Cherry Tree Design
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Mirror Box (Kagamibako) with Flowering Cherry Tree Design
Unknown Artist, Momoyama period, late 16th to early 17th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques

16th-17th centuryJapanese
Covered Rectangular Lacquer Box with Metal Mounts
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Covered Rectangular Lacquer Box with Metal Mounts
Unknown Artist, 2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE

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

2nd-1st century BCEChinese
Box
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Box
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, c. 1870

Porcelain with enamels and gold

19th centuryGerman
Circular Covered Box with Decoration of a Blossoming Chrysanthemum Plant
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Circular Covered Box with Decoration of a Blossoming Chrysanthemum Plant
Unknown Artist, 12th cent. - 13th cent.

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in a dark brown slip on a white slip ground

12th-13th centuryChinese
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