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SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (AD 222-589)
Details
A TINNED-BRONZE LADLE
SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (AD 222-589)
The ladle has a bowl of deep, peaked shape and a long, slender handle that is decorated with notches and ends in a bud-shaped terminal.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) long; weight 9.4 g
SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (AD 222-589)
The ladle has a bowl of deep, peaked shape and a long, slender handle that is decorated with notches and ends in a bud-shaped terminal.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) long; weight 9.4 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 72.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 72.
Literature
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 130.