A RARE CRYSTAL-INLAID RED AND BLACK LACQUERED RITUAL SPOON, BI

Lot 807
23.03.2023 08:30UTC -05:00
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$ 6 000
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Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 905625
Lot 807 | A RARE CRYSTAL-INLAID RED AND BLACK LACQUERED RITUAL SPOON, BI
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
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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