JAPON, fin du XIXème siècle Lot n° 109

Perfume burner in patinated bronze with engraved or inlaid metal decorations of leaves or waves, resting on four sinuous feet with heads of birds of prey, on a circular molded base. The body is decorated with two large cartouches containing a samurai in a garden or an eagle among branches. The grips in the shape of dragons and the frétel in the shape of an eagle and a hidden animal (?). Removable lining in openwork bronze. Base in moulded blackened wood. H. without base : 43.5 cm. Wear and tear and some scratches and shocks.