IMPRESSED HU WENMING MARK, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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A MING GILT-COPPER CENSER
IMPRESSED HU WENMING MARK, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The vessel finely cast, the compressed body decorated with dragons and mythical beasts between a band of kui dragons and butterflies below the rim and at the foot, divided by dragon mask and ring handles to the sides, all gilded and reserved on a ring-punched ground, the base with the mark Hu Wenming Zhi within a gilded square
6¾ in. (17cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

For discussions on the work of Hu Wenming and illustrations of a variety of objects made in his workshops, see G. Tsang and H. Moss, Hong Kong O.C.S. Exhibition of Arts from the Scholar's Studio, 1986, Catalogue, pp.110, 134, 232, 240, 246 and 252, where they note that he 'specialised in wares for the scholar, and specifically in wares for the incense cult'.

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