TWO RARE BRONZE RITUAL LADLES
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
TWO RARE BRONZE RITUAL LADLES LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC One with arched handle with an openwork terminal cast as a dragon confronting a bird, with a bovine mask cast at the base of the ovoid bowl at the other end; the slender arched handle of the other ladle cast with fine ribs set between a taotie mask cast in intaglio at one end just below the similarly ribbed barrel-shaped bowl and another taotie cast in relief at the other end below the fan-shaped terminal cast with a cicada and key-fret border 8 and 8¼ in. (20.3 and 21 cm.) long (2)
TWO RARE BRONZE RITUAL LADLES
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC
TWO RARE BRONZE RITUAL LADLES LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100 BC One with arched handle with an openwork terminal cast as a dragon confronting a bird, with a bovine mask cast at the base of the ovoid bowl at the other end; the slender arched handle of the other ladle cast with fine ribs set between a taotie mask cast in intaglio at one end just below the similarly ribbed barrel-shaped bowl and another taotie cast in relief at the other end below the fan-shaped terminal cast with a cicada and key-fret border 8 and 8¼ in. (20.3 and 21 cm.) long (2)
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