Spoon

Museum number:
9-14582
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3794 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
1
Description:
Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes and Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14582, described as Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14582, described as Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14582, described as Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14582, described as Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14582, described as Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14582, described as Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14582, described as Enameled spoon; enamel, copper, gilt; enamel painting, white ground, with multicolor; 4 1/8" long x 1 1/16" wide at bowl Small, gracefully pointed deep bowled, flat bottomed spoon with short handle ending in gilded bird's head. White enamel on copper delicately pointed on inside with grapes and leaves about edge and has two pears on bottom. Outside has large, curved feathers on bowl, gradually becoming finer as they go up handle to bird's head. Black signature on bottom. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, Canton enamel with phoenix head terminal. Painted on the interior with vine leaves and grapes and has two pears in center on white ground. Exterior painted with phoenix feathers (half peacock, half pheasant). Signature on base. L. 10.2 cm W at bowl 4cm. 4-character mark in ancient seal script. Painted enamel on copper base; brass rim and molded handle head with gilt. Companion spoon to 9-14583 Painted enamel known in China as Yang Tz'u, "Foreign porcelain," which refers to the foreign origin of the enameling technique and colors. Michael Gillingham, Chinese painted Enamels, Oxford University Press, Ashmolean Museum, 1978, p. 74

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