19c Japanese bronze SCROLL WEIGHT / brushrest CHIMERA

,Japan,19th Century Heavy for it's size, dynamic depiction of a samurai wielding a long spear against a ferocious tiger with very smooth bottom surface. Iron,1 1/2" t x 2 3/4", From the collection of

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) small Japanese bronze scroll weight in a shape of a kozuka (sword knife) handle with incised decoration of a tiger in a bamboo grove, design continuing on the back. N

Japanese bronze Showa period scroll weight; in the form of Hotei holding a staff in one hand while pulling his sack with rat in the other, two character signature to base; well detailed, some surface

Bronze scroll or paper weight in form of seated laughing figure, Japan, Meiji period, 2 3/4" high, good condition

A Japanese Bronze Scroll Weight in the form of an Elongated Elk.19cm x 3.2cm x 1.7cm, weight 119g

TWO JAPANESE BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHTS19th/20th CenturyOne with incised mountainous landscape design and one with applied camel.Lengths 7.75” and 8”.

Peacock, Pheasant and Crane, each 1" X 9 1/8", Meiji period, signed.

19th century Japanese bronze scroll weight in a shape of a cloth doll of Daruma - the Patriarch of Zen Buddhism. Excellent casting and detailing, fantastic face with the expression of stern intensity,

19th century Japanese pewter scroll weight in a shape of Wind God Futen carrying his bag on the back: by emptying it he creates wind. Unusually well cast - see his stern face and muscular limbs, trace

AN 18TH CENTURY JAPANESE EDO PERIOD BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHT modelled as a seated male upon an open clam shell. 6 cm x 5 cm.

AN UNUSUAL EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHT formed as a minogame. 7 cm x 5.25 cm.

A 19TH JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BRONZE MINOGAME SCROLL WEIGHT. 11 cm wide.

BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHTJapanese, early 20th century, bronze. Relief-decorated with auspicious motifs, rats, unmarked.6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) Property from the collection of one Berta R. Babcock (b. 1866), a

A 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD BRONZE AND SILVER INLAID SCROLL WEIGHT decorated with birds. 13 cm x 3 cm.

JAPANESE BRONZE CHILD WITH FLOWING ROBES SCROLL WEIGHT. HEIGHT 2"

Elaborate Chinese fully gilt bronze scroll weight in the form of a dragon fish accompanied with Japanese wood box; H 2 3/4"

The Chinese woodblock depicts a spiritual scene with two figures, the image 5 1/2in x 3 1/8in. Together with a bronze brush rest of two boys playing tug-of-war; two bronze scroll weights in the form o

A LOVELY CHINESE QING DYNASTY BRONZE SCROLL WEIGHT in the form of a recumbent beast, with tail wrapped and head slightly raised. 138 grams. 2Ins wide.

Turtle with dragon on top. Turtle biting the dragon. 8th-9th C. See lot No. 100A (previous lot)for elongated explanation of provenance. From octogenarian's collection.4 1/2"W 2 3/4"H

19th century Japanese copper and brass keman in a shape of a rounded fan (uchiwa) with pierced low relief decoration of two phoenixes confronting each other in flight above lotus flowers, buds and lea

19th century Japanese tobacco pipe consisting of 2 bronze parts and a stem made out of natural reed. Bronze smoking part has overlaid silver decoration of a mother shishi (Buddhist lion) playing with

Japanese 19th century Meiji bronze censer incense burner or koro. The 19th century finely cast handled censer is decorated with lotus blossoms and lily pads. The fitted cover has a decorative foo lion

19th century Japanese scroll painted with ink and colors on silk depicting a seated snarling tiger with menacing expression on its face, mouth open exposing its fangs, background showing a mountain wi

19th century Japanese scroll painted with ink and colors on silk. The scroll depicts “100 Otafuku” in different attitudes and engaged in various activities. Otafuku (translates as “m