Two Chinese Silver 'Goose' Tea Spoons, Ze, Tang Dynasty 唐 雁首柄銀茶則兩件
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Two Chinese Silver 'Goose' Tea Spoons, Ze, Tang Dynasty 唐 雁首柄銀茶則兩件 Tang Dynasty (618-907) Each having a curved handle ending in a goose-head terminal. 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. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 16 December 2021, lot 5008. 烹茶時投放茶末的工具，參見陝西省寶雞市扶風縣法門寺地宮出土唐代鎏金飛鴻銀則；中國茶葉博物館藏唐代鏨花魚尾銅茶則；紐約大都會博物館藏唐代銀雁首匙（館藏編號22.79.2）。 Length of Larger: 10 1/4 in., 26 cm; Length of Shorter: 7 1/2 in., 19.1 cm. Property from the RenLu Collection.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Silver
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- Length of Larger: 10 1/4 in., 26 cm; Length of Shorter: 7 1/2 in., 19.1 cm.
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 199421428
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.