A PARCEL-GILT-BRONZE SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER Hu Wenming seal mark, 17th century (3)

A PARCEL-GILT-BRONZE SEAL PASTE BOX AND COVER Hu Wenming seal mark, 17th century The circular box with an incurving inner rim supporting the domed cover cast and gilt with blossoming prunus, the sides similarly decorated, all reserved on a diaper-pattern ground, the recessed base with a gilt four-character mark Hu Wenming zhi cast within, box. 7.1cm (2 3/4in) diam. (3). Footnotes: 十七世紀 銅局部鎏金花卉紋印泥盒帶蓋 「胡文明製」篆書款 See a related bronze incense box and cover, Hu Wenming mark, late Ming dynasty, illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine impériale des Song aux Qing , Paris, 2013, no.80. See also another example, illustrated by B.S.McElney, The Museum of East Asian Art Inaugural Exhibition: Volume 2, Chinese Metalwares and Decorative Arts , Bath, 1993, no.289. Compare with a related parcel-gilt bronze incense box and cover, Hu Wenming mark, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 210. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com