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Mother-of-pearl visible in a shell fossil embedded in rock Venetian guitar with mother-of-pearl inlays Decorated panel with three horizontal bands showing rows of human figures, animals, and chariots in procession on a dark background. Sandalwood lute Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls, and lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl (15th-16th century, Korea) Accordion with wood, metal, mastic, brass, tortoiseshell, gilt brass, silver foil, and mother-of-pearl (1850-55, Paris, France) Folding fan, with paper and mother-of-pearl, with a scene of figures in a courtyard garden (19th century Chinese, made for the European Market) Triptych with the Passion of Christ (1475-85, South German). Materials include mother-of-pearl with a gilt wood frame, silk backing, and tooled leather covering. The Adoration of the Magi Picnic bento box from Edo period with maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlays on black lacquer
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Mother-of-pearl visible in a shell fossil embedded in rock
The pencil points to leaf fossils on mother-of-pearl, on shell embedded in rock.
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Venetian guitar with mother-of-pearl inlays
Guitar with mother-of-pearl inlays from Venice, 17th century.
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war panel on the Standard of Ur
A richly decorated box called the Standard of Ur was found in the royal cemetery...
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Sandalwood lute
Red sandalwood lute inlaid with mother-of-pearl, 8th century, Tang dynasty; in the...
Courtesy of the Shôsô-In Treasure House
Stationery box decorated with peony scrolls, and lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl (15th-16th century, Korea)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015 (2015.500.3.1a, b), www.metmuseum.org
Accordion with wood, metal, mastic, brass, tortoiseshell, gilt brass, silver foil, and mother-of-pearl (1850-55, Paris, France)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Funds from various donors, 1998 (1998.70), www.metmuseum.org
Folding fan, with paper and mother-of-pearl, with a scene of figures in a courtyard garden (19th century Chinese, made for the European Market)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Gift of Laurent Oppenheim Jr., in memory of Laurent and Amy Oppenheim, 1964 (64.273.12), www.metmuseum.org
Triptych with the Passion of Christ (1475-85, South German). Materials include mother-of-pearl with a gilt wood frame, silk backing, and tooled leather covering.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, The Cloisters Collection, 2006 (2006.249), www.metmuseum.org
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi, oil on wood, with inlaid mother-of-pearl and...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Purchase, Louis V. Bell, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, and Rogers Funds and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Maria DeWitt Jesup Fund, and Museo Kaluz Gift, 2022 (2022.408); www.metmuseum.org
Picnic bento box from Edo period with maki-e and mother-of-pearl inlays on black lacquer
A five-tiered picnic bento box from the Edo period, with gold maki-e, inlaid mother-of-pearl,...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2019 (2019.193.40a–f), www.metmuseum.org
Pair of stirrups of iron, lacquer, mother-of-pearl with heraldic emblem signifying ownership by the Tokugawa (Shogun) family (16th-17th c)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Purchase, Tom and Lore Firman Gift, in honor of George and Ruth Kosaka, 2008 (2008.120.1, .2), www.metmuseum.org
Writing box with woodcutter design, using black and gold lacquer on wood with mother-of-pearl and pewter inlay (19th c).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929 (29.100.691), www.metmuseum.org
Chessboard with lacquer, papier mache, mother-of-pearl (19th c, British)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948 (48.174.161), www.metmuseum.org