Han Dynasty, 206 BC-220 AD. A hollow-formed gilt-bronze scroll weight depicting two felines fighting, one biting the back of the other. A similar weight with animals in the Exhibition Kandai no Bijutsu, Osaka Art Museum, 1974, catalogue no 2/192. 225 grams, 77mm (3"). Property of a North London gentleman; formerly in the Mquinley collection, 1970s. [No Reserve] Fair condition.