18th century
Pale greenish white nephrite
18th centuryChinesePorcelain with enamels and gold
19th centuryGermanLacquer
18th centuryJapaneseLacquered 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 centuryKoreanWood with metal fittings
20th centuryKoreanLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseLacquer 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 centuryJapaneseMixed copper alloy, lid possibly tinned
6th-7th centuryByzantineApproximately 20 sheets of brass, steel, and nickel silver joined with gray lead-tin solder
19th-20th centuryInlaid celadon ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised decoration inlaid in white slip; the inner rim banded with metal
12th centuryKoreanEarthenware with green splashed lead glaze
9th-10th centuryChinese