A Vietnamese bronze ladle depicting a musician, Dong Son, ca. 5th/2nd C. BC

L.: 18 cm

Provenance:
- The collection of Thomas Ulbrich, Studio Tho, Hanoi-Berlin.

Ref.:
- The National Museum of Vietnamese History, Hanoi has a comparable example.
- Ha Van Tan: 'Van Hoa Dong Son O Viet Nam', Hanoi 1994, plate 32 “Muoi dong Viet Khe”, for a comparable example.
- Highham, The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia, Cambridge 1996: 113, fig 4.23, for a comparable example.
- Girard-Geslan, Art of Southeast Asia, New York 1998: 440, fig. 213, for a comparable example.
- Brow and Brow, Arts of Asia 37, 2007: p. 60, fig.12, for a comparable example.
- The Asian Civilisation Museum in Singapore has a comparable example.