Lot 731. A silver-gilt long-handled spoon, China, Tang dynasty (AD 618-907);  10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) long, box; 51.5 g. Estimate $6,000 - $8,000. Price Realized $22,500. Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The flat oval bowl incised with 'twin fish', and the handle of flattened, slightly tapering form, with traces of gilt remaining, mainly on the fish decoration

Provenance: The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 1990. 

Christie's. THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT HATFIELD ELLSWORTH PART IV - CHINESE WORKS OF ART: METALWORK, SCULPTURE AND EARLY CERAMICS, 20 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza.