Box with Hinged Lid

Lacquer 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

Lacquered wood: wooden core with orange-red lacquer over black lacquer (over a paper substrate); with metal fittings

Mixed copper alloy, lid possibly tinned

Negoro ware; red and black lacquer on wood

Box with mounted Plexiglas wheel and various sample materials

Rosewood with metal (brass and copper?) fittings, the interior of the box lined with silk damask

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

Silver, gilt

Metal

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), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and silver inlays; stone, metal, and enamel fittings

Red lacquer