EXTRAORDINARY, Early 17th C. Chinese parcel gilt-bronze Huwenming censer. Potted of cylindrical form with gilt banded on rim and foot, raised on three ruyi shaped legs. Cast in a bulbous baluster shape body, with globular belly elevated the tall over hung flaring rim, raised on a footed base. The exterior decorated in relief with gilt blossoming trees interspersed within double-Y patterned diaper ground. The upper mouth rim and the foot base rim carved of gilt key fret. The metal patinated to a warm dark brown tone and some milky blue-green encrustation. The recessed base has a gilt four-character mark Hu Wenming Zhi incised within a square.

PROVENANCE: From the private collections of Madame Kimball, of Boston, Massachusetts, by inheritance. Records bought from AMEUBLEMENTS ANCIENS, Faiences & Porcelaines, Bibelots & Tapisseries Anciennes, 3 Rue Des Saints-Peres, Paris (6). Dealers in Works of Art & Antiques, Curios, Armor, Plate, China, Jewels, etc.

Height:2.75 in
Width: 2.5 in in

Over all in EXCELLENT condition. With normal anomalies in nature, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch & dents. Surface traced wear and or declined to gilding. Normal, consider ages and wear. LAUREN Galleries provides condition reports as a courtesy to our clients and assumes no liability for any error or omission. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, and is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Descriptions are our opinions and should in no way be construed as a guarantee of any kind as to age, condition, mater. the bidder assumes responsibility for ensuring that the condition of the item(s) meets with their satisfaction prior to bidding. the absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.