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A SUPERB GOLD AND SILVER INLAID 'RAM AND TIGER' TUNING KEY, QIN ZHEN YAO, WARRING STATES PERIOD
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04月16日 下午5点 开拍 /14天1小时
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China, 475-221 BC. Expertly modeled, the slender shaft surmounted by the profile of a ram's head with coiling horns terminating in the elongated body and head of a tiger, joining the horns of the ram to form the handle, the arch decorated with the face of a dragon, all richly inlaid with alternating gold and silver stripes and geometric motifs. Provenance: Oriental Arts Crafts, Hong Kong, 2009. A private collection in the United Kingdom, acquired from the above. A copy of the invoice from Oriental Arts Crafts, dated 28 March 2009, accompanies this lot. Condition: Superb condition with expected old wear, few tiny nicks, light scratches, and signs of prolonged burial including soil and malachite encrustation.Weight: 153 g Dimensions: Length 14.8 cmThe precise function of tuning keys remained something of a mystery until the excavation of the 5th century BC tomb of the Marquis of Zeng in 1977-1978, when a horde of musical instruments was excavated, including a ten-string zither with tuning pegs requiring the use of a tuning key. According to J. So, the first factual indication of their use was the excavation of tuning keys together with matching pegs from the 2nd century BC tomb of the King of Nanyue, in Guangzhou in 1983, see 'Different Turns, Different Strings: Court and Chamber Music in Ancient China', in Orientations, May 2000, p. 26-34. They were used to tighten the pegs on which the strings of a qin are wound. For a detailed discussion, see Xihan Nanyuewang mu (Tomb of the King of Nanyue), Beijing, 1991, vol. 1, p. 45.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related bronze tuning key of similar form and also with ram and tiger heads, dated to the Warring States period, apparently lacking some of the inlays, in the Guanfu Museum.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's New York, 23 March 2012, lot 1529Price: USD 15,000 or approx. EUR 18,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A rare bronze tuning key, qin zhen yao, Warring States period, 3rd century BCExpert remark: Compare the zoomorphic decoration. Note the size (6.3 cm) and lack of inlays.

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