MUSICAL INSTRUMENT 'CONFUCIUS-STYLE' LACQUERED GUQIN
£1,260
Auction: 15 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
仲尼式「峨嵋松」琴
the flat elongated body with two waisted sections on both sides, lacquered black, the top with thirteen inlaid mother-of-pearl studs (hui), seven strings threaded through tasselled white jade pegs (qinzhen) running over the top and tied to either of the two button-like jade pegs (yanzu) on the back, with two rectangular openings, the large one termed 'dragon pool' (longchi) and the smaller 'phoenix pond' (fengzhao), the underside bearing the title 'Er Mei Song' and several inscriptions, including 'Qianlong Yu Shang'
Dimensions
122cm long x 22cm wide