WANLI JIAYIN CYCLICAL YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1614 AND OF THE PERIOD

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A LARGE DATED PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER, GUI
WANLI JIAYIN CYCLICAL YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1614 AND OF THE PERIOD
The compressed globular body is cast in relief with mythical beasts amidst cloud scrolls against a scalloped ground, below a band of interlinked stylised foliage at the neck, and above a band of lotus scroll at the foot, flanked on both sides by dragon-head loop handles. The base is cast with the date and maker's mark Wanli Jiayin zhi yunjian Hu Wenming zhi within a rectangular panel.
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) wide, pierced wood cover

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Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 1953

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Ruben Lien

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The artist Hu Wenming was a celebrated metalworker who was active during the late 16th to early 17th century. Compare with a group of metalwork examples all bearing the Hu Wenming mark, included in the exhibition Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, nos. 73, 103, 230, 231, 237, and 246.

Compare also a similar example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1653.

WANLI JIAYIN CYCLICAL YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1614 AND OF THE PERIOD

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