Spoon

Museum number:
9-14579
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3253 (original number) and AB-155 (previous number (Anson Blake’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.05
Description:
spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.
Donor:
Anita Day Symmes Blake, Anson Stiles Blake, and Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Collector:
Anita Day Symmes Blake and Anson Stiles Blake
Collection date:
before 1962
Materials:
Enamel (fused coating) and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
spoon
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 15.1 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spoon, accession number 9-14579, described as spoon, porcelain w/ overglaze light relief enamel decoration: tassle from handle to bowl of spoon w/ two fish, and endless-knot emblem in light relief, coral-red and blue, w/ gilt outline; surrounded by small polychrome floral designs. gilt rim. underside has three small coral-red zig-zag designs, and darker red seal mark of the T'ung Chih reign (1862-1875). white ground, pitted on the underside. small stilt marks. L. 15.1 cm.

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