A BRONZE HANDWARMER AND COVER, A SOAPSTONE WATER POT AND AN UNCUT BAMBOO SEAL 17th Century, and later, the handwarmer signed Zhang Mingqi (4)Scholar's desk items from a London private collection, lots 688-724A BRONZE HANDWARMER AND COVER, A SOAPSTONE WATER POT AND AN UNCUT BAMBOO SEAL17th Century, and later, the handwarmer signed Zhang Mingqi The handwarmer of square cushion form, set with a swing handle and surmounted by a cover pierced with a floret-and-cloud diaper, the flat base with a four-character mark reading Zhang Mingqi zhi; the soapstone deeply carved to depict a deer with a spray of lingzhi fungus in the mouth above two stag, and in front of four hollowed rocks, the base incised TA 1838; the seal carved in the form of a lion seated with the body dramatically twisted to the left with the left forepaw dramatically mounting the back to accommodate itself on a square base.The soapstone: 10cm (4in) long (4).None