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Box with butterfly design in mother of pearl inlay and maki-e (蝶螺鈿蒔絵手箱, chō raden makie tebako) unknown Rectangular box with butterfly and peony design Kamakura period: Box; maki-e and mother of pearl inlay Hatakeyama Memorial Museum of Fine Art, Tokyo —
Shibayama-style writing box, Nagasaki, 1800–1850, wood covered with black lacquer and inlaid with flowers in under-painted mother-of-pearl shell. Inlaid maki-e raden paper box with "wheels in flow" (katawaguruma) design, National Treasure, Heian period, 11–12th century, Tokyo National Museum Inlaid maki-e raden writing box with "Eight Bridges" (Yatsuhashi) design, by Ogata Kōrin, National ...
18th-century German gold and mother of pearl snuff box Chinese mother of pearl lacquer box with peony decor Ming Dynasty Elizabeth E Copeland (1866–1957) covered box, circa 1915 metalwork, silver and cloisonné, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Suzuri-bako (硯箱; "inkstone box") are a type of Japanese writing box. The boxes are traditionally made of lacquered wood and are used to hold writing implements. [1] Historically, the boxes were associated with calligraphy, and as such they were made using high-quality materials designed to safeguard porcelain inkstones (suzuri) from damage. [2]
[4] A jewel of gold like a circle of Pansies, Daisies, and other flowers, garnished with sparks of diamonds and rubies, with a butterfly of mother of pearl and a crab holding the same. [67] [6] A jewel of gold like a Pelican garnished with diamonds of sundry sorts. [68]
Magatama capped by silver or gold also appear towards the end of the period. Large magatama made of talc, imitations of smaller ones made of more precious materials, were used as grave goods. [2] Magatama are found in kofun tumuli across Japan from the period. Their use went from merely decorative to sacred and ceremonial grave goods.