A gilt-splashed bronze archaistic vase (hu) 17th Century

the full pear-shaped body on a spreading foot with a central fillet, with two finely-cast taotie mask handles applied to the shoulder suspending loose rings below the waisted neck, the surface of the bronze with a russet patina with irregular gold splashes, the base with a recessed rectangle containing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark

From the Collection of Lord Clark.  Sotheby's London, 27th June 1984, lot 5.