A bronze incense burner Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Cast as Hotei's treasure sack set on tall tripod feet, the shoulders applied with cloud-form handles and the cinched neck flaring out in imitation of the folds of the sack, decorated with herons in a marsh and wisteria under a full moon obscured by clouds in iro-e takazogan and takabori, the dome cover decorated with tasseled floral lozenges and finished with a finial formed as Daitoku's mallet with a mouse scurrying up the side, with the mark of the Nogawa company on the underside 9 7/8in (25cm) high