MING DYANSTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, GUI YUNJIAN HU WENMING ZHI SEAL

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A FINELY CAST PARCEL-GILT BRONZE TWO-HANDLED CENSER
MING DYANSTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY, GUI YUNJIAN HU WENMING ZHI SEAL
Of compressed shape, decorated in repousse on each side in a central band with various whimsical mythical creatures including winged dragons and fish-tailed qilin rising from waves, all in relief, finely chased and gilded against a dark ground, below a band of interlinked stylised foliage at the neck, and above a band of lotus scroll at the foot, flanked on either side by dragon-head loop handles, cast with a rectangular gilt panel on the base bearing the mark
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) across the handles, wood cover and stand, Japanese wood box

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A Japanese private collection, Kyoto

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Hu Wenming of Yunjian (modern Songjiang, near Shanghai) was a celebrated metalworker who was active during the late 16th to early 17th century. Compare with a group of metalwork examples all bearing the Hu Wenming mark, included in the exhibition Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, nos. 73, 103, 230, 231, 237, and 246. Compare also a similar example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1653.