THREE BRONZE ITEMS 18th/19th Century (5)THREE BRONZE ITEMS18th/19th CenturyComprising: a three legged toad standing with the head raised, fitted hongmu stand; a seated figure of Liu Hai grinning with the right hand raised; and a large Japanese incense burner surmounted by a Buddhist lion, the base inscribed and bearing an apocryphal date of 1698.The incense burner: 43cm (17in) high (5).A closely related bronze dated 1723 is in the collection of British Museum, no. 1992,0612.1.