A parcel-gilt bronze seal paste box and cover Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi seal mark, 17th century

A parcel-gilt bronze seal paste box and cover
Yunjian Hu Wenming zhi seal mark, 17th centuryThe dome-shaped cover cast with a sinuous chilong encompassing a shou medallion to the centre, encircled by a continuous band of key-fret to the rim, the exterior of the box decorated with eight clusters of billowing cloud, all highlighted in gilt and reserved on a diaper ground. 6.4cm (2 1/2in) diam. (2).
十七世紀 局部鎏金銅夔龍拱壽紋香盒「雲間胡文明製」金文鑄款Provenance: an Asian private collection來源： 亞洲私人收藏Compare with a related parcel-gilt and silver-inlaid bronze seal paste box and cover, 16th/17th century, signed Hu Wenming, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 334.