A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CENSER AND COVER MING DYNASTY, HU WENMING MARK

the lobed body of compressed globular form resting on three short beast-head legs and applied with two curved handles, decorated with five panels enclosing seasonal flowers and shrubs, the raised details gilded, the base inscribed Hu Wenming zhi in a gilt square cartouche, the fitted wood cover surmounted by a jade bird finial

Rudolf Bangel's sale, Frankfurt, 9.10.1917, lot 20 from the Estate of Baron C.von der Goltz (by repute).