Katsura Mitsuharu - A pair of gilt bronze scroll weights
A pair of gilt bronze scroll weights each decorated with
numerous peonies on a shakudo ground.
With original stand in the form of a book, in silk on
wood.
Signed Mitsuharu saku (made)
Length 15.9cm
The stand, width 30.8cm, depth 24.5cm
Late Meiji period, circa 1910
With fitted wood tomobako (storage box) inscribed
Botan mon jochin ittsui (pair of scroll-weights with
chrysanthemum design). Inside cover inscribed Furoan
Katsura Mitsuharu saku. Inscribed on the side Katsura
Mitsuharu jochin (scroll-weight).
£9,500
