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
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(US$20,000-25,000)
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