Spoon

Museum number:
9-14584
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3796 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
1
Description:
Cloisonne spoon, enamel, copper; cloisonne, pale blue ground with multicolor; 5 3/4" long x 1 3/4" wide at bowl.; Pale blue ground with bats and clouds inside and out on handle and around pomegranate flowers and leaves on inside and verso on spoon bowl. Metal rim all around. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, cloisonne: rounded bottom, curved handle. nearly identical decoration inside and pout" Five bats (fu), amid clouds on pale blue ground, and large design of double pomegranates with leaves on bottom (and underside) of bowl. Small cloud designs of wire on the blue ground. Brass rim. Pitted surface. Mended chip at tip of handle. L. 13.8 cm. China Copper base with soldered copper wire (cloisons) filled with polychrome enamels. Brass rim. The Chinese generic word for enamel ware is Fa-lan derived from a contraction of the old name of Constantinople, Polin, indicating the foreign origin of enamelling techniques. A synonym for cloisonne is Ching T'ai Lan, after the Ming reign of Ching T'ai.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spoons
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14584, described as Cloisonne spoon, enamel, copper; cloisonne, pale blue ground with multicolor; 5 3/4" long x 1 3/4" wide at bowl.; Pale blue ground with bats and clouds inside and out on handle and around pomegranate flowers and leaves on inside and verso on spoon bowl. Metal rim all around. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, cloisonne: rounded bottom, curved handle. nearly identical decoration inside and pout" Five bats (fu), amid clouds on pale blue ground, and large design of double pomegranates with leaves on bottom (and underside) of bowl. Small cloud designs of wire on the blue ground. Brass rim. Pitted surface. Mended chip at tip of handle. L. 13.8 cm. China Copper base with soldered copper wire (cloisons) filled with polychrome enamels. Brass rim. The Chinese generic word for enamel ware is Fa-lan derived from a contraction of the old name of Constantinople, Polin, indicating the foreign origin of enamelling techniques. A synonym for cloisonne is Ching T'ai Lan, after the Ming reign of Ching T'ai.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14584, described as Cloisonne spoon, enamel, copper; cloisonne, pale blue ground with multicolor; 5 3/4" long x 1 3/4" wide at bowl.; Pale blue ground with bats and clouds inside and out on handle and around pomegranate flowers and leaves on inside and verso on spoon bowl. Metal rim all around. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, cloisonne: rounded bottom, curved handle. nearly identical decoration inside and pout" Five bats (fu), amid clouds on pale blue ground, and large design of double pomegranates with leaves on bottom (and underside) of bowl. Small cloud designs of wire on the blue ground. Brass rim. Pitted surface. Mended chip at tip of handle. L. 13.8 cm. China Copper base with soldered copper wire (cloisons) filled with polychrome enamels. Brass rim. The Chinese generic word for enamel ware is Fa-lan derived from a contraction of the old name of Constantinople, Polin, indicating the foreign origin of enamelling techniques. A synonym for cloisonne is Ching T'ai Lan, after the Ming reign of Ching T'ai.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14584, described as Cloisonne spoon, enamel, copper; cloisonne, pale blue ground with multicolor; 5 3/4" long x 1 3/4" wide at bowl.; Pale blue ground with bats and clouds inside and out on handle and around pomegranate flowers and leaves on inside and verso on spoon bowl. Metal rim all around. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, cloisonne: rounded bottom, curved handle. nearly identical decoration inside and pout" Five bats (fu), amid clouds on pale blue ground, and large design of double pomegranates with leaves on bottom (and underside) of bowl. Small cloud designs of wire on the blue ground. Brass rim. Pitted surface. Mended chip at tip of handle. L. 13.8 cm. China Copper base with soldered copper wire (cloisons) filled with polychrome enamels. Brass rim. The Chinese generic word for enamel ware is Fa-lan derived from a contraction of the old name of Constantinople, Polin, indicating the foreign origin of enamelling techniques. A synonym for cloisonne is Ching T'ai Lan, after the Ming reign of Ching T'ai.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14584, described as Cloisonne spoon, enamel, copper; cloisonne, pale blue ground with multicolor; 5 3/4" long x 1 3/4" wide at bowl.; Pale blue ground with bats and clouds inside and out on handle and around pomegranate flowers and leaves on inside and verso on spoon bowl. Metal rim all around. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, cloisonne: rounded bottom, curved handle. nearly identical decoration inside and pout" Five bats (fu), amid clouds on pale blue ground, and large design of double pomegranates with leaves on bottom (and underside) of bowl. Small cloud designs of wire on the blue ground. Brass rim. Pitted surface. Mended chip at tip of handle. L. 13.8 cm. China Copper base with soldered copper wire (cloisons) filled with polychrome enamels. Brass rim. The Chinese generic word for enamel ware is Fa-lan derived from a contraction of the old name of Constantinople, Polin, indicating the foreign origin of enamelling techniques. A synonym for cloisonne is Ching T'ai Lan, after the Ming reign of Ching T'ai.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14584, described as Cloisonne spoon, enamel, copper; cloisonne, pale blue ground with multicolor; 5 3/4" long x 1 3/4" wide at bowl.; Pale blue ground with bats and clouds inside and out on handle and around pomegranate flowers and leaves on inside and verso on spoon bowl. Metal rim all around. Good condition. January 1969 condition good Spoon, cloisonne: rounded bottom, curved handle. nearly identical decoration inside and pout" Five bats (fu), amid clouds on pale blue ground, and large design of double pomegranates with leaves on bottom (and underside) of bowl. Small cloud designs of wire on the blue ground. Brass rim. Pitted surface. Mended chip at tip of handle. L. 13.8 cm. China Copper base with soldered copper wire (cloisons) filled with polychrome enamels. Brass rim. The Chinese generic word for enamel ware is Fa-lan derived from a contraction of the old name of Constantinople, Polin, indicating the foreign origin of enamelling techniques. A synonym for cloisonne is Ching T'ai Lan, after the Ming reign of Ching T'ai.

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