The Finer Collection of Bronzes and Hand Warmers - 11th November 2025

Lot 26

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

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4445

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Description

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

The compressed globular body raised on a slightly splayed foot, flanked by two mythical beast handles, the exterior with a central band depicting a dragon and other mythical beasts amongst waves and flames, the base incised with a seal mark reading Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi, with a paper label for the Finer Collection 'CB 7', 966g, 21.5cm.

Cf. Robert D Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze: The Robert H Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, p.67, no.12 for a related example.

十六/十七世紀 銅局部鎏金海獸紋簋式爐
《雲間胡文明製》



From the Finer Collection of later bronzes and hand warmers.