THREE JAPANESE METAL WEIGHTS OR BRUSHRESTS MEIJI OR LATER, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY One rectangular-shaped, with a fuku character to each end and a horse head in the middle, a jungin (pure silver) mark to the side; the two others made of bronze, one with a kappa seated on a large cucumber and the other depicting a resting lion, the tomoe symbol beside it and signed Junmin Tamamoto, with an inscribed and signed tomobako wood box, 23.5cm max. (4) Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.