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AN UNUSUAL GOLD SPOON
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) OR EARLIER
PROVENANCE
The spoon consists of an elongated petal-shaped handle engraved Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
with two foliate scrolls on either side of a central rib that terminates in Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
a small dragon head from which issues the slender handle of the small Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 77.
hemispherical bowl.
LITERATURE
9¡ in. (23.8 cm.) long; weight 95.2 g Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 43.
$10,000-15,000
清或更晚 金鏨刻卷草龍首紋勺