A CHINESE COPPER-ALLOY TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER

A CHINESE COPPER-ALLOY TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER
HU WENMING MARK, LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY

Of cylindrical form rising from three animal-mask feet, cast around the exterior with bands of Buddhist emblems, the base with a mark reading Hu Wenming zhi, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 59', 465g, 9.7cm.

Provenance: purchased from Peter Kemp Antiques, London, 26th May 2011.

明晚期/清早期 銅佛教百寶三足爐
《胡文明製》

From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.