A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT COPPER ALLOY 'TAOTIE' INCENSE BURNER, GUI

A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT COPPER ALLOY 'TAOTIE' INCENSE BURNER, GUI
HU WENMING MARK, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

The compressed globular body raised on a splayed foot, flanked by two mythical beast handles, the exterior with a wide band of taotie between bands of phoenix and butterflies and scrolling foliate tendrils, all reserved on a diaper ground, the base incised with a seal mark reading Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 110', 610g, 16.9cm.

Provenance: purchased from Roger Keverne Ltd, 10th June 2016

Exhibited by Roger Keverne Ltd, Summer Exhibition 2011, no. 14.

十六/十七世紀 銅局部鎏金饕餮紋雙耳爐
《雲間胡文明製》

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.