AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE BEAKER VASE, GU, 17TH CENTURY China. Of slender form, the lower- and mid-sections cast with taotie masks on key-fret grounds divided by notched flanges. The lower section additionally with dotted borders, the upper section with four palm blades and key-fret ground. The interior of the neck is cast with several pictograms, including one of a human figure. Provenance: French private collection in Versailles. Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear and casting flaws, few minuscule nicks and light scratches. Fine dark patina with some areas of malachite and cuprite to the interior. Weight: 1,093 g (excl. base) Dimensions: Height 25.8 cm (excl. base) and 27.5 cm (incl. base) With an original fitted hardwood base supported on four ruyi-head feet. (2) Literature comparison: See a related example, illustrated by D.Failla, Food for the Ancestors Flowers for the Gods: Transformations of Archaistic Bronzes in China and Japan, Genoa, 2017, p.200, no.4.3. Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related gu vase, also dated to the 17th century and of similar design and size, at Bonhams London in Roger Keverne Ltd. Moving On on 11 May 2021, lot 251, sold for GBP 4,845. 十七世紀青銅仿古饕餮紋出戟花觚 中國，仿商周青銅出戟觚形制，侈口束頸，高足外撇，四面出戟，飾以扉棱。整體紋飾分為三部分，頸部浮雕蕉葉紋，中部兩節較短，飾淺浮雕饕餮紋，內填雷紋。頸部内壁可見數個像形圖紋，其中包括一個人形。 來源：法國凡爾賽私人收藏 品相：狀況極佳，輕微磨損和鑄造缺陷，有少量微小的刻痕和輕微的劃痕。 內部帶有一些孔雀石綠和赤紅色的細膩深色包漿。 重量：1,093 克 (不含底座) 尺寸：高25.8 厘米 (不含底座)，含底座高27.5 厘米 原配硬木底座，如意形四足。(2) 拍賣結果比較：一件十七世紀相似紋飾和尺寸的觚瓶﹐見倫敦邦翰思 Roger Keverne Ltd. Moving On 2021年5月11日 lot 251, 售價GBP 4,845。