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PROPERTY FROM THE QUEK KIOK LEE COLLECTION
A SMALL COPPER OPENWORK HANDWARMER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
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A SMALL COPPER OPENWORK HANDWARMER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The warmer is of a compressed melon section which is cast with deep grooves to create a hexalobed shape. The slightly domed cover is intricately cast with a pierced design of a diapered ground of geometric quatrefoil florettes. The base is incised with a four-character seal mark reading Zhang Mingqi zhi (made by Zhang Mingqi) enclosed within a rectangular cartouche.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The warmer is of a compressed melon section which is cast with deep grooves to create a hexalobed shape. The slightly domed cover is intricately cast with a pierced design of a diapered ground of geometric quatrefoil florettes. The base is incised with a four-character seal mark reading Zhang Mingqi zhi (made by Zhang Mingqi) enclosed within a rectangular cartouche.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
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