1-234-545 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Gilded copper hand warmer, China, 1600-1650. An oval parcel gilt copper handwarmer with single swing handle issuing from cicada supports. The lid is decorated with a seascape with figures in a pavilion and in boats on a stylized wave-pattern pierced ground. The body has designs of precious objects in relief on a ring-punched background. There are traces of gilding on the whole piece. The flat bottom has a seal mark of 'Hu Wenming zhi'.