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TANG-SONG DYNASTY, 9TH-10TH CENTURY
Details
A SILVER SPOON
TANG-SONG DYNASTY, 9TH-10TH CENTURY
The almost flat bowl is engraved with two fish swimming amidst waves, and the long, flat handle is engraved with a cartouche enclosing two birds and a lotus.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) long; weight 71.5 g
TANG-SONG DYNASTY, 9TH-10TH CENTURY
The almost flat bowl is engraved with two fish swimming amidst waves, and the long, flat handle is engraved with a cartouche enclosing two birds and a lotus.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) long; weight 71.5 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK141.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 103.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 103.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 141.
Han Wei, Hai nei wai Tangdai jin yin qi cuibian [Tang Gold and Silver in Chinese and overseas collections], Xi'an, 1989, pl. 201.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 142.
Han Wei, Hai nei wai Tangdai jin yin qi cuibian [Tang Gold and Silver in Chinese and overseas collections], Xi'an, 1989, pl. 201.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 142.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 141.