LOT 747 A Chinese silver 'goose' tea spoon
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A Chinese silver 'goose' tea spoon, Tang dynasty, with a slender handle terminating in a goose head with slightly curving beak, the other end a very shallow lotus petal-shaped scoop, 14cm longProvenance: Bonhams, Karl Kemp Collection, 10th September 2002唐 銀鏨雁首茶匙來源:邦瀚斯,Karl Kemp收藏,2002年9月10日。Note: Tea spoons were originally used to transfer powdered-form tea to a tea bowl, and, during the early period of diancha culture, were used as a whisking utensil to create foam. Cai Xiang’s Cha Lu ('The Record of Tea') recorded that ‘Tea spoon must be heavy, such that it gives enough force when tea is whisked. Gold is the best amongst all (material), silver and iron are commonly used, bamboo is too light’.c.f. A comparable Tang dynasty silver tea spoon is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 22.79.2. Another example was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, Echoes of Fragrance – Evolution of Tea Culture from the Tang to the Qing Dynasties, 16th December 2021, lot 5008. Another Tang dynasty spoon, this one with gilded decoration, and its handle similarly ending in a bird’s head, was excavated in 1983 near Xian, Shaanxi province, Han, W. and Deydier, op. cit. no. 399, pp. 164-5. 品相報告 Condition Report: Some tarnish, particularly to the underside of the goose head and the scoop. Surface wear commensurate with age.
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