A bronze ornamental incense burner, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

A bronze ornamental incense burner
Meiji period (late 19th century)
Cast in sections, the central bulbous body cast with two panels showing scenes of Japanese myths and applied with handles in the form of dragons, the cover cast with a Chinese female mythological figure with a harp on top of a rock enwrapped by a dragon, all supported on a footed base cast with demons
51 in. (129.5 cm.) high