A RARE CRYSTAL-INLAID RED AND BLACK LACQUERED RITUAL SPOON, BI WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 9)
A RARE CRYSTAL-INLAID RED AND BLACK LACQUERED RITUAL SPOON, BI
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 9)
The spoon has a long slender handle and a flat ovoid bowl centered with a faceted rock crystal insert. It is decorated on the handle and on the reverse of the bowl with red scrollwork painted on a dark brownish-black lacquer ground.
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) long, composite stand, plexiglass case
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1995.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 2120.
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A RARE CRYSTAL-INLAID RED AND BLACK LACQUERED RITUAL SPOON, BI
WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 9)
The spoon has a long slender handle and a flat ovoid bowl centered with a faceted rock crystal insert. It is decorated on the handle and on the reverse of the bowl with red scrollwork painted on a dark brownish-black lacquer ground.
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) long, composite stand, plexiglass case
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1995.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 2120.
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Time, Location
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