Antique Japanese Edo/Meiji Era (1800-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance 8lbs 5" Tea Ceremony It a beautiful and fully

It a beautiful and fully functional drum

a reminder of beauty and danger intertwined

who wore a brass helmet with a high central crest similar to that worn by dragoon cavalry

Muromachi period or later (14th–16th century blade

Antique Japanese Edo/Meiji Era (1800-1912) Hakari Tenbin Balance 8lbs 5" Tea Ceremony It a beautiful and fullyThis is an antique Japanese balance scale (hakari) weight dating to the late Edo to Meiji Era (1800 1912). It has Japanese writing on one side. It is bell shaped with a lanyard ring at the top to adjust up and down a pole scale. Decorated with an Phoenix motif. Height = 5" (12. 5cm) Diameter = 3. 5" (9cm) Weight = 8lb 3. 6oz With exception to some blemishes and oxidation it has a nice aged patina, it remains in very good functional condition.