Satsuma royal incense burner, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912), end of the 19th century, Porcelain with enamel and glaze painting as well as gold colours, classicistic brass mount, goblet on three feet with an incense screen and a support plate decorated with pairs of griffins, closed by a knob lid, picture fields with depiction of peonies and an instruction scene: a Chinese scholar with a scroll is reading to the student, Japanese ornamental patterns (chrysanthemum heads, diamonds, honey comb, ocean waves) interlocking like honeycombs, 25x16cm