A RARE BRONZE RITUAL LADLE

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC

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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL LADLE
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
The end of the arched handle cast in openwork as a dragon with scales confronting a bird shown in profile, its tail terminating in a dragon head from which extends a median ridge, with a bovine mask cast at the base of the deep bowl, with malachite encrustation
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long, box

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Acquired in Hong Kong, 1990.

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Art and Imitation in China, Hong Kong, 2006, no. 31.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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A similar ladle is illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 3 - Shang (3), Beijing, 1997, p. 166, no. 166; one in the Stoclet Collection is illustrated by H.F.E. Visser, Asiatic Art, New York/Amsterdam, 1948, pl. 36, no. 37; and another was sold in these rooms, 18 March 2009, part of lot 226, from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections.