A BRONZE BEAKER VASE (GU) QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of elegantly attenuated form, the central bulb with sinuous chilong in relief, the upper and lower sections similarly cast in two foliate registers each spreading outwards in lobed petal form, the base with an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark 

Acquired by a relative of the present owner, an American who traveled the world, circa 1940s-1950s.

There are some holes caused by corrosion along the base and the vase has been re-patinated at some point. There is also a piece of material glued to the base around the mark.
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A pair of similar size and form is illustrated in Robert D. Mowry, China's Renaissance in Bronze, The Robert H. Clague Collection of Later Chinese Bronzes 1100-1900, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 1993, no. 32.