Comprising an ear spoon with a long, slender handle, Song dynasty (AD 960-1279), and a pair of silver crescent-shaped earrings, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). With the characters tian zeng zu wen, probably a maker's mark, cast on the reverse.
Ear spoon: 8³⁄₈ in. (21.3 cm.) long; weight 12.3 g
Earrings: 2⁷⁄₈ in. (7.3 cm.) wide; weight 7.3 g (each)

Ear spoon:
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 97.

Earrings:
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK166.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 122.

Ear spoon:
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 182, pl. 134.

Earrings:
B. Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, cat. p. 48, no. 166.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, p. 206, pl. 160.

Earrings:
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 166.

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