East Asian Set of Nine Nesting Weights

The smallest of the nine weights is marked "1/2 TOLA," the tola being a popular measure in the East; all brass construction, the lid with two cast elephants, two cast horses and a totally unidentifiable creature coming up from behind.

6-1/4 in. high

Private Collection of an Antiquarian, Charlotte, North Carolina

Mellow old brass with a few spots of verdigris.