Nine Japanese Miniature Portable Writing Sets, Yatate
19TH CENTURY
comprising six bronze examples, one with inlaid decoration, one with an ink reservoir in the shape of a persimmon, one with a basket-shaped ink reservoir, the others all plain; two brass examples, one with bamboo decoration on the hilt, the other plain; one fine silver example, together with a jar-form ink reservoir.
Length of largest 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm.
Property from The Strong National Museum of Play, sold to benefit the Collections Fund
