LACMA

ShopMembershipMyLACMATickets
LACMA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
info@lacma.org
(323) 857-6000
Sign up to receive emails
Subscribe
© Museum Associates 2025

Museum Hours

Monday

11 am–6 pm

Tuesday

11 am–6 pm

Wednesday

Closed

Thursday

11 am–6 pm

Friday

11 am–8 pm

Saturday

10 am–7 pm

Sunday

10 am–7 pm

 

  • About LACMA
  • Jobs
  • Building LACMA
  • Host An Event
  • Unframed
  • Press
  • FAQs
  • Log in to MyLACMA
  • Privacy Policy
© Museum Associates 2025
Collections

Unknown
Ritual Ladle (Dou) with MasksLate Shang dynasty, Anyang phase, about 1300-1050 B.C.

Not on view
Bronze pipe-shaped object with cylindrical bowl and flat elongated stem, heavily covered in green and teal verdigris patina with brown undertones
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Ritual Ladle (Dou) with Masks
Place Made
China, probably Henan Province
Date Made
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang phase, about 1300-1050 B.C.
Medium
Cast bronze
Dimensions
Length: 13 1/4 in. (33.66 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Carl Holmes
Accession Number
M.56.3.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Townsend, Jen and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2017.