EditorialImari Ware (?) Container with Brass Mounts, c 1650- 1700. Japan, Arita kilns, Late 17th century. Imari ware (?) porcelain; brass mounts; overall: 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.); diameter of base: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.).
EditorialCenter table, ca. 1780?85, Russian, Tula, Steel, silver, gilt copper, gilt brass, basswood; replaced mirror glass, 27 1/2 ? 22 ? 15 in. (69.9 ? 55.9 ? 38.1 cm), Metalwork-Steel, From 1712, when the imperial armory in the town of Tula, south of Moscow, ...