A VERY LARGE BRONZE YENYEN VASE Xuande six-character mark, 17th/18th century Heavily cast, the exterior entirely plain, the tall flaring neck set with two crescent handles above two horizontal ribs at the shoulder, the surface overall with an even pale glossy patination. 65cm (25 1/2in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七/十八世紀 銅雙戟耳大鳳尾尊 「大明宣德年製」楷書款 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011, no.11. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號11 For a related bronze yenyen vase with dragon handles, Xuande mark, 16th-18th century, see Sydney L Moss Ltd., The Second Bronze Age: Later Chinese Metalwork, London, 1991, no.65; and for a blue and white vase of similar form, Jiajing/Wanli, see A.Frank, Chinese Blue and White, New York, 1969, p.51. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com