FIVE METAL YATATE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th century/early 2...

FIVE METAL YATATE Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid/late 19th century/early 20th century The first, of slightly curved form, the bowl and brush holder plain and unadorned, signed on the underside of the bowl Gorosan; with a fitted wood box inscribed Odo bokuto Kanaya Gorosaburo (Yellow copper inkpot by Kanaya Gorosaburo); the second, of silvered metal, the handle engraved with windswept chrysanthemums and pampas grasses, the ink bowl engraved with butterflies, unsigned; the third, of bronze, the handle carved with a sprig of bamboo between grooves, the ink bowl fitted with a covered compass finial and carved on the surface with the characters for the Junishi (12 animals of the East Asian zodiac); signed on the reverse with chiselled characters Kiryudo; the fourth, of bronze with the handle carved in shishiaibori with details inlaid in flat relief of silver depicting the court calligrapher and poet Ono no Tofu standing on the banks of a river beneath trailing willow branches curving over a crescent moon, unsigned; the fifth, of bronze inlaid in flat relief inlay of silver with foliate and geometric motifs, the rectangular hinged ink bowl inlaid with a similar abstract motif, unsigned. The largest: 19.5cm (7 5/8in) long; the smallest 15.7cm (6 1/8in) long. (6). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing