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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¡ in. (21.3 cm.) long; weight 12.3 g
$2,000-4,000

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.
LITERATURE
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 134.
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A PAIR OF SILVERY METAL CHOPSTICKS
TANG DYNASTY OR LATER
Each slender chopstick of square section tapers to a round tip.
Each 9¬ in. (24.5 cm.) long; total weight 53.3 g (2)
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953,
no. CK129.
Sotheby’s London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork.
Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 96.
EXHIBITED
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold & Silver in the
Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 129.

LITERATURE
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection,
Stockholm, 1953, cat. no. 129.
Chinese Gold & Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art
and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 129.

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