2-721-216 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Incense burner in the form of an eagle, c1860, (1881). Etching of a hammered iron burner made in Japan in the 19th century, a decorative yet functional object. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (formerly known as the South Kensington Museum). [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]