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

A CHINESE PARCEL-GILT COPPER ALLOY 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' INCENSE BURNER, GUI
HU WENMING MARK, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY

The compressed globular body raised on a flared foot, flanked by two key-fret and mythical beast handles, the exterior with a central band depicting mythical beasts amongst waves and clouds, the base with a four-character mark reading Hu Wenming zhi, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 6', 641g, 15cm.

十七世紀（可能） 銅局部鎏金海獸紋簋式爐
《胡文明製》

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.