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A LARGE GILT-SPLASHED BRONZE TWO-HANDLED VASE 17TH / 18TH CENTURY stoutly cast with the baluster-form body surmounted by a tall trumpet neck, flanked by a pair of dragon-form handles, the shoulder applied with three lion masks alternating with sinuous chilong, the surface of a deep brown color flecked with irregular gold splashes Height 26 in., 66.2 cm ;PROVENANCE ,Roger Keverne, Ltd., London. See a vase of this type, also cast on the shoulder with masks, sold in our London rooms, 11th May 2011, lot 236; another sold at Christie’s London, 23rd May 1985, lot 156; a third sold at Christie’s New York, 19th September 2007, lot 44. See also a baluster vase of similar proportions and cast with a band of lappets around the shoulder and bosses around the foot, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26th November 2014, lot 3387.