A CHINESE BRONZE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, HU Qing Dynasty, 17th/18th Century The globular body supported by a tall, stepped foot, rising to a gently flaring neck and culminating in a dish-shaped rim, the shoulder flanked by a pair of archaistic beast mask handles, six-character Xuande mark cast to base, 16.5cm high, 1.4kg A comparable vase, dated to the Ming dynasty and cast with a Xuande mark, was sold at Sotheby`s Hong Kong, Later Chinese Bronzes from the Collection of Ulrich Hausmann, 8th October 2014, Lot 3301. 清十七/十八世紀 銅鋪首活環耳尊 「大明宣德年製」款