A rectangular rounded bronze incense burner with several patinas, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) . On one side a tsutsumi player, on the other a duck swimming in a pond. The lid, partly chiselled with golden flowers, is surmounted by a leaping shishi, partly gilded. Two handles, fixed on each side, have a base representing shishi heads with open mouths, jaws and golden eyebrows. The incense burner rests on a foot whose two sides are chiselled and gilded with foliage and flowers. The whole is placed on a wooden base covered with gilded leather which is not original. Height: 13 cmWear , deformed parts, unhooked cover .