PAIR OF MOUNTED POTPOURRIS or incense-burners in Japanese porcelain and gilt bronze mounts. Rectangular with openwork honeycomb decoration, with reserves illustrating the grief of a bird bending under the weight of a fallen fallen tree. The upper handle is in the shape of a rat. Three triangular points on the sides. Resting on four small feet. The mounts of ormolu and very finely chiselled the rat are oak leaves and acorns. and acorns. On either side are friezes of hanging oak trees (leaves and acorns). At the neck a frieze of ormolu and chased of foliage. Japanese porcelain, Edo period, 17th or 18th century. French mounting from the 18th century, Louis XVI period. Height: 17 cm - Width: 19 cm Depth : 12 cm (Accidents, missing parts and restorations)