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I wonder if anyone can help with this mark. From reference I can recognize the last character - cang - and it's the reason I think this is a hallmark, but the first three have me stumped. I know these censers normally have Xuande marks, but I think this is different. Any help with the translation would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

it reads Chen shi bao cang, or something like "a treasured object collected by the Chens" there are a number of these "greened" bronzes about these days, be careful.

it means "Treasure of the House(or Family) of Chen(mandarin)(or Tan,in the Fuchien dialect),as far as my translator can tell.
"Chen Tzi Pao C'ang"
Loosely translated:
Chen-family
Tzi-surname
Pao-precious,valuable
C'ang-collection or hoard
Hope this helps.

Thank you. That is all very helpful. I was incorrectly reading "cang" as treasure house.

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