late Momoyama or early Edo period, late 16th to early 17th century
5.8 x 22 x 27.3 cm (2 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 10 3/4 in.)
Lacquered wood: wooden core with light brown lacquer (possibly over a leather substrate) and inlays of mother-of-pearl, sharkskin or ray skin, wire, twisted wire, and metal fillings
18th-19th centuryKoreanMahogany and brass
20th centuryAmericanOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer on pasteboard
19th centuryLacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques; stone and copper fittings
17th centuryJapaneseEnamel
20th centuryGermanCarved ivory
19th centuryChineseOpaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over tin layer on pasteboard
19th centuryLacquer 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 Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold 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 silver)
16th-17th centuryJapaneseEnameled 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
16th-17th centuryChinese