A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL LADLE
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL LADLE
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A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL LADLE

EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC

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A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL LADLE
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
The handle has a flared, curved end with median ridge and a bovine mask terminal from which issues the straight, angled mid-section, that terminates in a mask attached to the side of the deep cup. The back of the handle is inscribed with a partially illegible six-character inscription.
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 1943.
Raymond A. Bidwell (1876-1954) Collection.
The Springfield Museums, Springfield, Massachusetts, accessioned in 1962.
Literature
Collection of Chinese and Other Far Eastern Art, Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 1943, no. 147.
The Raymond A. Bidwell Collection of Chinese Bronzes and Ceramics, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1965, pp. 30-31.

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