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AN UNUSUAL LARGE GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE TRIPOD JAR 18TH CENTURY The oviform body rises to an everted rim and is applied on the shoulder with a pair of taotie-mask loop handles suspending loose rings, all raised on three cabriole legs with ruyi clouds, the entire jar evenly covered with small splashes of gilt, the underside cast with a Xuande six-character mark within a rectangle 11 3/4 in. (30 cm.) high