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A LARGE SILVER 'GOOSE' TEA SPOON, ZE, TANG DYNASTY
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04月17日 下午5点 开拍 /15天1小时
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China, 618-907. The concave oval bowl is attached to a slender, elegantly curved handle terminating in the head of a goose. Provenance: From the collection of Robert Kuo, RenLu Collection, Los Angeles, United States. Robert Kuo is a well-known designer who works with timeless motifs from the Han and Ming dynasties, often combining them with deco and nouveau influences as well as nature. Assembled over 25 years, acquiring one special object at a time, his private collection (named the RenLu Collection) encompasses scholarly works of art, furniture, sculpture, and jewelry. Born in Beijing, Robert Kuo moved with his family to Taiwan in 1947. Kuo grew up in an artistic environment. His father, an art professor and watercolor painter, started a cloisonné atelier where Robert became an apprentice at age fifteen. Here he learned the painstaking processes of applying enamel to copper, shaping forms with precision, and mastering intricate color applications. These formative years instilled in Kuo a deep respect and appreciation for traditional Chinese decorative arts and an unyielding curiosity about materiality. In 1973, he immigrated to the United States and opened a studio for cloisonné in Beverly Hills. He began experimenting with new shapes, textures, and finishes, and soon developed a unique artistic vocabulary that harmonized Eastern and Western influences. His innovations were quickly recognized and began appearing in high-profile collections, including the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery acquiring his "Goldfish Bowl". By the mid-1980s, Kuo had expanded his repertoire beyond cloisonné, mastering repoussé, a technique of hammering decorative relief onto metal surfaces. He worked with artisans in China, learning and refining ancient metalworking techniques that he would later adapt into his own designs. Over time, his expertise grew to include lacquer, hard stone, and Peking glass. His pieces are found in prestigious spaces such as the Grand Hyatt Hong Kong, the Ritz-Carlton Beijing, and the MGM Grand Villas in Las Vegas, as well as in the homes of celebrities such as Beyoncé, Will Smith, and Jennifer Lopez. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, expected tarnish, few tiny nicks, light dents. Fine, naturally grown, warm patina.Weight: 70 g Dimensions: Length 26.1 cmWith an elegant padded storage box. (2)Spoons such as the present lot have been found in Tang sepulchers and hoards. Much used during the Tang dynasty, they most often come in the form of a long bending handle ending in a slightly indented, oval paddle-shaped finial. Teaspoons were originally used as utensils to measure and transfer powdered tea from the brazier to the bowl. During the early period of diancha (tea whisking) culture, the spoon gradually became a utensil to whisk foam on tea. Cai Xiang's Cha Lu (The Record of Tea) states that the 'Teaspoon must be heavy, such that it gives enough force when tea is whisked. Gold is the best amongst all materials, silver and iron are commonly used, bamboo is too light'.Literature comparison: Compare a closely related silver spoon with a similar handle terminating in a goose head, also dated to the Tang dynasty, excavated in 1983 near Xian, Shaanxi province, illustrated by Han Wei and Christian Deydier, Ancient Chinese Gold, Paris, 2001, pages 164-165, no. 399. Compare a closely related spoon in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 22.79.2.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 December 2021, lot 5008 Price: HKD 60,480 or approx. EUR 7,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A silver 'goose' tea spoon, Tang dynasty Expert remark: Compare the closely related form. Note the similar size (28.3 cm).

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