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9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm.) long; weight 57 g
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK101. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 65.
A very similar silver spoon illustrated in Chinesisches Gold und Silber, Zurich, 1994, p. 167, no. 156, was previously in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bull and included in the exhibitions, The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, The Los Angeles County Museum, 1957, no. 347, and Early Chinese Gold & Silver, China Institute in America, New York, 1971-1972, p. 32, no. 30. It was subsequently sold at Sotheby's New York, 6 December 1983, lot 79. Similar decoration can also be seen on a smaller (12 cm. long) silver spoon excavated at Dongguomian, Xi'an, illustrated in The World of the Heavenly Khan: Treasures of the Tang Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2002, p. 57.
