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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER
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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER
17TH CENTURY, SIGNED HU WENMING
The slightly compressed sides cast in relief and gilt with dragons contesting a flaming pearl above rolling waves, the reverse with a third dragon, a crane, a carp and a crab below cloud scrolls, the waisted neck with two pairs of stylized chilong flanking a wan emblem on each side, all divided by dragon-head and loop handles, the spreading foot encircled with a row of raised bosses, the four-character mark Hu Wenming zhi in a rectangular gilt panel on the base--6in. (15cm.) wide
17TH CENTURY, SIGNED HU WENMING
The slightly compressed sides cast in relief and gilt with dragons contesting a flaming pearl above rolling waves, the reverse with a third dragon, a crane, a carp and a crab below cloud scrolls, the waisted neck with two pairs of stylized chilong flanking a wan emblem on each side, all divided by dragon-head and loop handles, the spreading foot encircled with a row of raised bosses, the four-character mark Hu Wenming zhi in a rectangular gilt panel on the base--6in. (15cm.) wide