China, reportedly from Hunan province, Changsha, Warring States period (475–221 BCE), State of Chu (c. 1046–223 BCE)
1938.9CCCC0
Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
1969.130CCCC0
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
1969.124CCCC0
Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
1989.76CCCC0
Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333)
1979.48CCCC0
China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
1978.2CCCC0
Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615)
2016.34CCCC0
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573)
1965.34CCCC0
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or earlier
1925.133CCCC0
Sasaki Takayasu (Japanese, 1845–1929)
1992.389CCCC0
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)
1970.28CCCC0
Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615)
1976.15CCCC0
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95)
1952.482CCCC0
Sasaki Takayasu (Japanese, 1845–1929)
1992.390CCCC0
| Title, Date | Artist / Culture | Accession number | Medium | Dimensions | Credit line | Rights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China, reportedly from Hunan province, Changsha, Warring States period (475–221 BCE), State of Chu (c. 1046–223 BCE) | 1938.9 | lacquered wood with polychromy | Overall: 132.1 x 124.5 cm (52 x 49 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Heian period (794–1185) | 1969.130 | lacquered wood with ink, color, gold, cut gold, and metalwork | height: 160 cm (63 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) | 1997.11 | wood with lacquer and gold, and metal earrings | Overall: 48.6 x 15.6 x 18.2 cm (19 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 7 3/16 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
Kamisaka Sekka (Japanese, 1866–1942) | 1991.120 | wood with lacquer | Overall: 37.5 x 7.1 cm (14 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.) | Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Leighton R. Longhi | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1979.19 | wood with lacquer and color | Overall: 40 cm (15 3/4 in.) | James Parmelee Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Korea, Goryeo period (918-1392) | 1995.67 | wood with lacquer and gilding | Overall: 33 x 21 x 19.8 cm (13 x 8 1/4 x 7 13/16 in.) | The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund and partial gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D. in memory of Godfrey St. G. M. Gompertz | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) | 1975.10 | lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay | Overall: 43 x 56 x 54.7 cm (16 15/16 x 22 1/16 x 21 9/16 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1970.67 | Hinoki cypress wood with lacquer, metal staples and fittings | Overall: 91.4 cm (36 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1987.185 | Wood with black lacquer and red pigments | Overall: 75 x 59 x 35 cm (29 1/2 x 23 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.) | Bequest of Elizabeth M. Skala | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1988.53 | wood with lacquer, polychromy, gold, and crystal eyes | Overall: 117.2 cm (46 1/8 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) | 1969.124 | lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e | Overall: 24.2 x 22.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Heian period (794–1185) | 1986.7 | wood with lacquer and traces of color | 57.2 x 46.4 x 38.1 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/4 x 15 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Nanbokuchō period (1336-92) | 1960.195 | black lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e; metal rims; bronze lid | Overall: 7.7 x 10.8 cm (3 1/16 x 4 1/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) | 1991.47 | Black laquered wood with red lacquer | Diameter: 24 cm (9 7/16 in.); Overall: 30.5 cm (12 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1969.59 | lacquer on wood with designs in gold and silver lacquer and inlaid silver | Overall: 23 x 20.2 cm (9 1/16 x 7 15/16 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1919.913 | wood with lacquer and gold leaf | with base: 69.2 x 27.7 x 29 cm (27 1/4 x 10 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); without base: 59.1 x 18.8 x 28 cm (23 1/4 x 7 3/8 x 11 in.) | Gift of Ralph King | CCCC0 | |
| Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1989.76 | Wood with lacquer, color, and rock-crystal inlaid eyes | Overall: 68.6 cm (27 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell Weir in memory of Dr. and Mrs. William Hawksley Weir | CCCC0 | |
 | Korea, Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) | 1990.15 | lacquered wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl and twisted brass and copper wire | Overall: 11.5 x 11.6 x 87 cm (4 1/2 x 4 9/16 x 34 1/4 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Collection | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1981.1 | Wood with traces of color and gold; pedestal: wood with lacquer, color, and gold | Overall: 110.6 cm (43 9/16 in.); Base: 28 cm (11 in.); Figure: 82.6 cm (32 1/2 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Heian period (794–1185) | 1982.149 | wood with lacquer | Overall: 24.2 x 8.5 cm (9 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1984.8 | Zelkova wood, covered with hemp cloth and colored lacquer, and bronze-plated wood fittings | Diameter: 47.2 cm (18 9/16 in.); Overall: 49.4 cm (19 7/16 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) | 1966.25 | wood with lacquer | Valance: 19.7 x 26.7 x 33.4 cm (7 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 13 1/8 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1916.860 | Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) | Overall: 8 x 5.8 cm (3 1/8 x 2 5/16 in.) | Gift of D. Z. Norton | CCCC0 | |
| Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1979.48 | lacquered wood with color and gold | Overall: 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) | 1970.81 | wood with lacquer | Overall: 30.8 x 36.9 x 57.8 cm (12 1/8 x 14 1/2 x 22 3/4 in.) | Gift of various friends in memory of Henry Chisholm Osborne, Jr. | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1952.90 | lacquered wood with color, gilt copper and cut-gold (kirikane) | with base: 76.2 cm (30 in.); without base: 55.9 cm (22 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Heian period (794–1185) | 1985.30 | wood with lacquer | Overall: 51.2 cm (20 3/16 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Kōshun (Japanese) and 2 others | 1960.197 | Cypress wood with lacquer, color, gold, cut gold, rock crystal inlaid eyes, and quartz | Overall: 94.6 cm (37 1/4 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
| China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368) | 1978.2 | lacquer on wood with mother-of-pearl inlay | Overall: 48.9 x 44.6 cm (19 1/4 x 17 9/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) | 2016.34 | Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold and silver powder (maki-e) and gold and silver foil application | 4 x 20.5 x 23.5 cm (1 9/16 x 8 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1983.18 | wood with traces of lacquer, polychromy, and cut gold lear (kirikane) | Overall: 64.8 cm (25 1/2 in.) | Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) | 1940.687 | wood with lacquer and gold | Overall: 9.9 x 12.3 x 11.4 cm (3 7/8 x 4 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.) | Bequest of James Parmelee | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1964.390 | wood with lacquer | Overall: 63.6 cm (25 1/16 in.) | Gift of Alice Boney | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) | 1916.885 | Lacquer on wood with color and sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) | Diameter: 8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.) | Gift of D. Z. Norton | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) | 1958.429 | wood with lacquer and sprinkled gold and silver powder (maki-e), metal fittings | Overall: 10.2 x 36.9 cm (4 x 14 1/2 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) | 1965.34 | lacquer on wood with decoration in maki-e | Diameter: 12.2 cm (4 13/16 in.); Overall: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1964.101 | lacquer on wood with metal fittings | Overall: 192.4 cm (75 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | |
China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) - Qing dynasty (1644-1911) | 1997.124 | red lacquer on wood with pigment and gilding | Overall: 152.4 x 89.5 x 41.9 cm (60 x 35 1/4 x 16 1/2 in.); Pin: 10.5 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm (4 1/8 x 5/8 x 3/16 in.) | Bequest of Mrs. A. Dean Perry | CCCC0 | ||
 | Lukutin Factory (Russian, 1818–1904) | 1916.597 | wood with black lacquer | Overall: 2.4 x 8.5 x 5.8 cm (15/16 x 3 3/8 x 2 5/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 1991.62 | lacquered wood with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs | Overall: 36.6 x 29.7 cm (14 7/16 x 11 11/16 in.) | Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Shunichi Yabumoto | CCCC0 | |
| China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or earlier | 1925.133 | wood covered with lacquer | Overall: 32 x 20 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.) | Dudley P. Allen Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) to Meiji period (1868-1912) | 1918.349 | Wood with lacquer and sprinkled gold powder (maki-e), hide, iron, and cord | Diameter: 20.4 cm (8 1/16 in.); Overall: 25.4 cm (10 in.) | The Charles G. King, Jr. Collection. Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King, Jr. | CCCC0 | |
 | Shibata Zeshin (Japanese, 1807–1891) | 1916.848 | lacquer with sprinkled gold, silver, and mother-of-pearl design, coral, and wood | Overall: 8 x 5.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/16 in.) | Gift of D. Z. Norton | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1916.866 | Lacquer on wood with sprinkled gold powder design (maki-e) and gold-foil-and-shell inlay (Somada style) | Overall: 9.9 x 4.8 cm (3 7/8 x 1 7/8 in.) | Gift of D. Z. Norton | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Muromachi period (1392–1573) | 1993.3 | carved wood with black and red lacquer | Diameter: 14.9 cm (5 7/8 in.); Overall: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.) | The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund | CCCC0 | ||
Japan, Shōwa period (1926-89) | 2020.67 | Lacquered wood and silver with gold, silver, and color sprinkled powder (maki-e) | 5.4 x 23.1 x 25.3 cm (2 1/8 x 9 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.) | Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund | © | ||
Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333) | 2015.487 | Wood with lacquer and gilding | Overall: 109 cm (42 15/16 in.); Figure: 79 cm (31 1/8 in.) | Gift from the Collection of George Gund III | CCCC0 | ||
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1964.281 | lacquer on wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl, applied carved metal, and glazed ceramic | Overall: 3.5 x 21.6 x 16 cm (1 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 6 5/16 in.) | Severance and Greta Millikin Collection | CCCC0 | ||
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1963.260 | Lacquered wood with maki-e (image made of sprinkled gold dust) | Box: 21.6 x 19.8 x 3.2 cm (8 1/2 x 7 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.); Closed: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.); Cover: 20.7 x 20.7 cm (8 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.) | Worcester R. Warner Collection | CCCC0 | ||
 | Russia, possibly Korobov Factory, early 19th century | 1916.606 | lacquered wood with painted miniature under glass | Overall: 2.9 x 8.9 x 6.3 cm (1 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
 | China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1572-1620) | 1965.30 | lacquered wickerwork (of woven bamboo) framed in wood with circular scene inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold | Overall: 7.7 x 13.8 cm (3 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.) | Edward L. Whittemore Fund | CCCC0 | |
Sasaki Takayasu (Japanese, 1845–1929) | 1992.389 | Lacquer over wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e) | Bequest of Maud Eells Corning | CCCC0 | |||
 | Louis Majorelle (French, 1859–1926) | 1991.226 | wood decorated with lacquer, inlays of mother-of-pearl and bronze | Overall: 80.6 x 80.3 x 54.8 cm (31 3/4 x 31 5/8 x 21 9/16 in.) | John L. Severance Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | France, 18th century | 1916.602 | wood decorated with lacquer with gold or gilt metal mounts, lined in tortoiseshell | Overall: 3.9 x 7.8 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/16 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) | 1970.28 | Lacquered wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e), foil application (kirikane), and metal inlay | Overall: 22.8 x 26.7 cm (9 x 10 1/2 in.) | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Newman T. Halvorson | CCCC0 | ||
| Japan, Momoyama period (1573-1615) | 1976.15 | Wood with lacquer and sprinkled gold powder (maki-e), metal fittings | Overall: 53.3 x 30.5 x 45.7 cm (21 x 12 x 18 in.) | Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) | 2015.501 | Wood with traces of lacquer and gilding | Overall: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.) | Gift from the Collection of George Gund III | CCCC0 | |
Seifū Yohei IV (Japanese, 1872–1951) | 2022.212 | Porcelain with underglaze blue, blue glaze and molded design and lacquered wood lid | height: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); Diameter: 14 cm (5 1/2 in.) | Gift of James and Christine Heusinger | CCCC0 | ||
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1991.60 | wood with black lacquer and mother-of-pearl (Ryukyuan) | Overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.) | Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Robert H. Ellsworth, Ltd. | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1991.57 | wood covered with cloth and brown lacquer, with inlaid mother-of-pearl designs (Ryukyu) | Diameter: 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in.) | Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of James Freeman | CCCC0 | |
 | Japan, Heian period (794-1185) or Edo period (1615-1868) | 2015.502 | Wood with traces of lacquer and gilding | Overall: 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.) | Gift from the Collection of George Gund III | CCCC0 | |
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868) | 1989.5 | red lacquer over a wood core, with litharge painting and engraved gold designs (Ryukyuan) | Overall: 53 x 68 cm (20 7/8 x 26 3/4 in.) | Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund | CCCC0 | ||
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95) | 1952.482 | Tablets: jade; box: pressed sizing on wood painted with lacquer | Overall: 18.5 cm (7 5/16 in.); Box: 11.2 x 15 cm (4 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.) | Anonymous Gift | CCCC0 | ||
 | Koma Kyoryū | 1920.510 | Lacquered wood with sprinkled gold (maki-e) | Overall: 7.7 x 5.4 cm (3 1/16 x 2 1/8 in.) | Gift of J. H. Wade | CCCC0 | |
Sasaki Takayasu (Japanese, 1845–1929) | 1992.390 | Lacquer over wood with gold and silver sprinkled powder (maki-e) | Bequest of Maud Eells Corning | CCCC0 | |||
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) | 2007.1009 | Set of five boxes; lacquered wood with sprinkled gold powder (maki-e) | Overall: 1.1 x 12.1 x 9.2 cm (7/16 x 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.) | Bequest of Lillian M. Kern | CCCC0 |