AN UNUSUAL SET OF SILVERY BRONZE EATING UTENSILS

TANG/SONG DYNASTY (618-1279)

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AN UNUSUAL SET OF SILVERY BRONZE EATING UTENSILS
Tang/Song dynasty (618-1279)
Comprising a deep bowl with rounded sides tapering towards the rim and towards the flat base, the conical cover with straight sides and flat center; a spoon with long, slender handle and petal-shaped bowl; and a pair of chopsticks of square section, all with a soft bronze-toned patina, the bowl and cover with some bluish-green encrustation
Bowl 5½in. (14cm.) diam. at widest, box (3)

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Compare the bronze bowl and cover of similar form dated to the Northern Song dynasty included in the exhibition, Tin-Bronze of China, 10 October-23 November 1999, Kuboso Memorial Museum of Art, Izumi, Japan, p. 55, no. 113, and a similar spoon dated to the Tang dynasty from the Tokyo National Museum, no. 117.

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