Fire-offering ladle

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fire-offering ladle by Unknown is a long, thin, metal object with a bowl-shaped end on the left. The ladle has a handle with ornate decorations. The handle is thin and straight, with a darker patina. There are three distinct decorative sections on the handle. The first section, closest to the bowl, features a short, raised, spiral design. The second section, in the middle of the handle, has two small raised circles on either side of a central raised circle. The third section, at the end of the handle opposite the bowl, features a decorative sphere-like design with protruding, rounded points. The background of the image is a plain gray color.