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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE SILVER-INLAID INCENSE TOOL VASE
MING DYANSTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY, HU WENMING ZHI SEAL MARK
The vase is inlaid in silver wire with lotus scroll on the body, below a classic scroll on the
neck and a band of keyfret around the mouth, divided by three gilt bands. The base is
incised with the four-character Hu Wenming zhi mark.
4 Ω in. (11.4 cm.) high
HK$150,000-250,000 US$20,000-32,000
A vase with the same decoration, also with a Hu Wenming zhi mark on the base, but of hu-form,
was exhibited in Gerard Hawthorn Ltd Oriental Art, Oriental Works of Art and Miniatures,
London, Winter 2007, Catalogue, no. 34.

晚明 局部鎏金銅錯銀纏枝蓮紋筯瓶 「胡文明製」刻款
可比較一件紋飾一樣的小瓶，底同樣刻「胡文明製」款，惟器形為壺式，展覽於 Gerard
Hawthorn Ltd Oriental Art，《Oriental Works of Art and Miniatures》，倫敦，2007 年冬，
圖錄圖版 34 號。

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