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Portable picnic set with gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Portable picnic set with gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Lacquered jug with gold dust landscape. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Lacquered jug with gold dust landscape. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Steel stirrups with red and gold lacquer depicting brushes. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Steel stirrups with red and gold lacquer depicting brushes. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Ceramic lion with ball. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Ceramic lion with ball. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Table and writing box with maple leaves in gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 1603-1868

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Table and writing box with maple leaves in gold dust lacquer. Japan, Edo period, 1603-1868

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Doll of lord Katō Kiyomasa in gold armor. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Doll of lord Katō Kiyomasa in gold armor. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Doll depicting Benkei with many weapons. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Doll depicting Benkei with many weapons. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Armor with fan crest and embossed dragon. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Armor with fan crest and embossed dragon. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Lacquered quiver with Tokugawa crest. Japan, 18th century

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Lacquered quiver with Tokugawa crest. Japan, 18th century

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Portable chest with carved lacquer dragons. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Portable chest with carved lacquer dragons. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century

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Fireman's helmet with mother-of-pearl inlays. Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century

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Fireman's helmet with mother-of-pearl inlays. Japan, Edo period, 18th-19th century

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Armor with dragonfly decor. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Armor with dragonfly decor. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Lacquered picnic set with two sake bottles, tiered box, trays, and saucers. Japan, 19th century

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Lacquered picnic set with two sake bottles, tiered box, trays, and saucers. Japan, 19th century

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Sake bottle with pine, bamboo and plum. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Sake bottle with pine, bamboo and plum. Japan, Edo period, 17th century

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Carving of the poet Ono no Komachi as an old woman. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Carving of the poet Ono no Komachi as an old woman. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Black and gold lacquered tray depicting a pine and persimmon tree by a river. Japan, 18th century

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Black and gold lacquered tray depicting a pine and persimmon tree by a river. Japan, 18th century

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Maedate shaped like a demon's head. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Maedate shaped like a demon's head. Japan, Edo period, 18th century

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Lacquered weapons rack. Japan, 18th century

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Lacquered weapons rack. Japan, 18th century

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Lacquered telescope with VOC emblem. Japan, 18th century

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Lacquered telescope with VOC emblem. Japan, 18th century

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Tea bowl inscribed with Korean poem, Japanese, 17th–18th century Stoneware ; gold lacquer repairs

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Tea bowl inscribed with Korean poem, Japanese, 17th–18th century Stoneware ; gold lacquer repairs

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