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A Shibuichi Incense-Burner with Aquatic Birds水辺図彫金四分一香炉Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1880–1890The ovoid body cast with three slightly splayed integral feet and with a pierced and domed cover, both body and cover with silver internal liners, very finely decorated in gold, silver, shakudō, and shibuichi on one side with two mandarin ducks swimming past grasses and on the other side with a single goose taking off from a stream, the cover pierced with waves and with a finial in the form of another duck, signed on the side with chiseled characters Shihō Teikan 紫峰貞幹 with an inlaid gold seal-style mark Bii ennen 美意延年 (May happy thoughts prolong your life) Height 5 1/2 in. (13.9 cm)