AN UNUSUAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER EAR SPOON SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279) The long, slender handle is gracefully arched and decorated in relief on one side with prunus branches on a ring-punched ground, and terminates in a small double-gourd vase from which issues the slender, scoop-like bowl. The plain reverse of the double gourd is cast with the characters tian cheng zu wen , probably a maker's mark. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) long; weight 12.3 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 97.
AN UNUSUAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER EAR SPOON SONG DYNASTY (AD 960-1279) The long, slender handle is gracefully arched and decorated in relief on one side with prunus branches on a ring-punched ground, and terminates in a small double-gourd vase from which issues the slender, scoop-like bowl. The plain reverse of the double gourd is cast with the characters tian cheng zu wen , probably a maker's mark. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) long; weight 12.3 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 97.
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