AN UNUSUAL BRONZE SCOOP

HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC

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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE SCOOP
HAN DYNASTY, CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY BC
The deep rounded bowl with everted rim leading into the hollowed handle which is cast on the interior with two characters, er rong, and is spanned at the curved end by a mask with bird-like tail, with mottled milky green encrustation inside and out
10½ in. (26.8 cm.) long, stand

Provenance

J.T. Tai & Co., New York, prior to 1977.

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Lot Essay

The mask with the tail-like extension at the end of the handle is similar to that seen on a small gilt-bronze garment hook, dated to the Han dynasty, illustrated in Ars Asiatica - VII - Documents d'Art Chinois de la Collection Osvald Sirén, Paris/Brussels, 1925, pl. IX, no. 173.

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