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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE INCENSE BOX AND COVER
Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi seal mark, 17th century Hu Wenming zhi seal mark, 17th century
The dome-shaped cover cast with a sinuous chilong encompassing a The circular box with an incurving inner rim supporting the domed
shou medallion to the centre, encircled by a continuous band of key- cover cast and gilt with blossoming peonies, the sides decorated with
fret to the rim, the exterior of the box decorated with eight clusters of floral sprigs of lotus, peonies and chrysanthemums, all reserved on a
billowing cloud, all highlighted in gilt and reserved on a diaper ground. double-Y diaper ground, the recessed base with a gilt four-character
6.4cm (2 1/2in) diam. (2). mark Hu Wenming zhi incised within a square.
8.3cm (3 2/8in) diam.
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000 £6,000 - 8,000
CNY54,000 - 71,000
十七世紀 局部鎏金銅夔龍拱壽紋香盒
「雲間胡文明製」金文鑄款 十七世紀 局部鎏金銅花卉紋香盒
「胡文明製」金文鑄款
Compare with a related parcel-gilt and silver-inlaid bronze seal paste
box and cover, 16th/17th century, signed Hu Wenming, which was Provenance: W. S. Middleton, 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of
sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 March 2016, lot 334. Foot, 1860, and thence by descent

Provenance: an Asian private collection 來源：1860年67步兵團W.S. Middleton先生收藏，並由後人保存迄今

來源：亞洲私人收藏

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