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Date unknown · Iron inlaid with gold and silver · Asian Art
This ladle and its companion (1993.477.1.1a, b) were used to make offerings of fuel during a Homa ceremony. The superb gold and silver inlay is characteristic of early fifteenth-century Tibetan workmanship associated with Derge, Kham Province, eastern Tibet.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Date unknown
- Medium
- Iron inlaid with gold and silver
- Culture
- Eastern Tibet, Derge, for China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 1993
