THREE SMALL BRONZE SPOONS

NORTHWEST CHINA, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC

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THREE SMALL BRONZE SPOONS
NORTHWEST CHINA, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Of various sizes and with elliptical bowls: the largest with long handle tapering to a shaped terminal, with a loop on top and two on the underside suspending pendants; the other two spoons with pierced end and a loop on the underside suspending a pendant
2½ to 4 3/8 in. (6.3 to 11.1 cm.) long (3)

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1997.

Exhibited

The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, 2000, no. 7.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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Lot Essay

Two spoons of this type are illustrated by E.C. Bunker et al., Ancient Bronzes of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York, 1997, p. 13, where it is noted that they would have been "worn suspended from a belt by pastoral peoples." This is shown in a drawing of a tomb of a man excavated at Shangdongcun, Ji county, Shanxi, p. 23, fig. A3.

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