Search Request | Object report

Spoon

Lost Art-ID

594115

Artist / Creator

Unknown (China)

Title

Spoon

Dating

618/907 (vor) (Tang-Dynastie)

Object type

Cutlery

Group of reported objects

Crafts and other folk arts

Material / Technique

Metal (Silver)

Measures

10 cm/16 cm

Description

Small flat spoon with bird's head at the end of the handle

Provenance

Until 1929 (around) Ostasiatica collection Dr. A. Breuer, Berlin; from 1929 (around) - 1942 Ostasiatica collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of the Ginsberg collection in Rotterdam were confiscated by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD); whereabouts unknown

Literature / Source

Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr. 233/57; undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921; Ausst. Kat., Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, 1929, Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst, Januar - April 1929, Würfel-Verl., 1929, Nr. 426; Auktionskat. Cassirer/Helbing, Berlin, 15. Mai 1929, Nr. 366

Published since

10.02.2021

Contact

Olaf S. Ossmann

E-Mail

office@ossmann.ch