A group of seven assorted yatate (portable writing sets)


Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryComprising a miniature brass example decorated with foliate scroll in kebori; a bronze example decorated on the handle with a spider in silver takazogan, the web carved in kebori; a large silver example finished with an ishime surface and designed with a compartment for seal paste at the hilt, the clasp mechanism decorated in gilt; a lacquer example decorated with snowflakes in gold and silver hiramkiaki-e on a roiro-nuri ground; a silver example decorated with foliate scroll and a heraldic crest in kebori; a silver example with the ink reservoir and hilt formed as chrysanthemum florets; a stag-horn example carved with flowering vines and simulated woven work (7) 8 1/4in (21cm) long, the largest