Late Edo period, late 18thcentury-early 19th century
7.1 x 21 x 23.2 cm (2 13/16 x 8 1/4 x 9 1/8 in.)
Yue ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration. From the Yue kilns at Shanglinhu, Zhejiang province.
10th centuryChineseRed lacquer
ChineseTortoise shell
18th centuryFrenchSilver
17th centuryDutch?Lacquer, red and black
ChineseLacquer 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 centuryJapanesePale greenish white nephrite
18th-19th centuryChineseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over tin layer on pasteboard
19th centuryOlive wood
European?Blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
19th centuryChineseLacquer on wood
17th-19th centuryJapanese