AN EGYPTIAN WOOD SPOON WITH DUCK-HEAD HANDLE
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C.
The head of the duck turned to face inward, the handle edge of the bowl with an incised stylized lotus flower--9 3/4in. (24.4cm.) long
Lot Essay
For the form of the handle, see no. 73 in Kozloff and Bryan, Egypt's Dazzling Sun, Amenhotep III and His World, Cleveland Museum of Art, (exhibition catalogue), Cleveland, 1992