Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance Scale Weight 4.5" Paper This is a vintage Chinese

This is a vintage Chinese bronze Lucky Toad or Money Toad

Specialized craftsmen and tea masters themselves carve these out of specially selected bamboo

This particular lacquer is beige and decorated with fishing nets drying out on sticks

and purple

Antique Japanese Meiji Era (1868-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance Scale Weight 4.5" Paper This is a vintage ChineseThis is an antique Japanese balance scale (hakari) weight dating to the late Meiji Era (1868 1912). It has Japanese writing on one side and a shop logo on the other. It is bell shaped with a lanyard ring at the top to adjust up and down a pole scale. Seen in the last picture is a bar or pole scale (not included) similar to the one which would have originally been used a similar weight. Stamped in copper inlay is the official indication that this is a