Ladle, China
Record status
Individual type · partial
Ladle in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 22.79.4), catalogued by the museum's Asian Art department. and records its origin as China; Tang dynasty (618–907).
The museum records the medium as Metal, silver? and the dimensions as L. 16 in. (40.6 cm). These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Metal, silver?
- Dimensions
- L. 16 in. (40.6 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Period recorded
- Tang dynasty (618–907)
- Culture recorded
- China
Identification
- Met object id
- 61112
- Museum object name
- Ladle
- Museum object number
- 22.79.4
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and date against a specialist reference.