A FINE AND RARE LARGE SILVER LADLE TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The deep, petal-lobed bowl is finely engraved on the exterior with three birds amidst leafy foliate scroll on a minutely ring-punched ground, and the long handle is decorated with further foliate scroll and terminates in a bird's head. 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) long; weight 67.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK105. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 62.
A FINE AND RARE LARGE SILVER LADLE TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907) The deep, petal-lobed bowl is finely engraved on the exterior with three birds amidst leafy foliate scroll on a minutely ring-punched ground, and the long handle is decorated with further foliate scroll and terminates in a bird's head. 10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) long; weight 67.5 g Provenance Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK105. Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 62.
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