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Subject:Mark on brass or bronze hand warmer / censer?
Posted By: Brett Sat, Jul 08, 2017 IP: 2601:018e:8202:aeb8:
I thought this looked Chinese to me although I am not entirely sure. Any idea on what the mark says? I am showing it in a few directions because I am also not sure the correct orientation. Thanks for any help.


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Subject:Re: Mark on brass or bronze hand warmer / censer?
Posted By: mikeoz Sun, Jul 09, 2017
The mark on your hand warmer looks like a maker's name.

張鳴岐 Zhang Ming Qi

Subject:Re: Mark on brass or bronze hand warmer / censer?
Posted By: Brett Mon, Jul 10, 2017
Thanks for the input. When I type Zhang Ming Qi hand warmer on google it comes up with a Sotheby's auction for a ming artisan named Zhang Mingqi, it couldn't possibly be the same person right? It looks like it has some age, but I wouldn't think ming. Maybe its more recent with a counterfeit mark, or maybe it's just another artist with the same name?

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Subject:Re: Mark on brass or bronze hand warmer / censer?
Posted By: rat Tue, Jul 11, 2017
Zhang Mingqi lived at the end of the Ming dynasty and was from Wuxing, Zhejiang Province. He is described as China's best known maker of metal handwarmers, according to the following bio: https://read01.com/L8d35.html

Yours is a contemporary imitation; several other examples with similar marks can be found for sale in Japan for $11-$28: http://aucfan.com/intro/q-~c4a5ccc4b4f4/

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