Fire-offering ladle

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fire-offering ladle by Unknown is a bronze object with a long handle and a bowl-shaped end. The handle is long and thin with ornate decoration at the end. The bowl end features a rectangular section with a square hole and two leaf-like protrusions on either side. The entire object has a dark patina with gold accents. A decorative spiral pattern is present near the bowl end of the handle. The background of the image is a plain gray color.