LARGE CHINESE BRONZE FOOT WARMER
ZHANG MINGQI MARK, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 張鳴岐款 銅鑄人物故事火踏 帶鏤空錦紋蓋
of squatted rounded form, set with a swing handle and surmounted by a cover pierced with a floret-and-cloud diaper, carved on the exterior of the vessel with a figural band amidst floral and rockwork, all between two lappet bands, the base incised with a four-character ‘Zhang Mingqi Zhi’ mark
Dimensions
41cm wide; 5.9kg
Footnote
A comparable bronze hand warmer and cover, signed Zhang Mingqi, 17th century, was sold at Sotheby's New York, 21 September 2021, lot 126; Also see a bronze handwarmer and cover, Zhang Mingqi mark, late Ming dynasty, from the collection of Ulrich Hausmann, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 07 October 2014, lot 3317.