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A FINE AND RARE LACQUERED AND INLAID PAULOWNIA WOOD MINIATURE KOTO
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2023年12月01日 开拍 / 2023年11月29日 截止委托
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A FINE AND RARE LACQUERED AND INLAID PAULOWNIA WOOD MINIATURE KOTO

Japan, 19th century

Finely decorated on the sides in iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on dark wood fittings which frame the light kiri (paulownia) wood body of the instrument. Each side depicts an idyllic ocean view, one with several boats coming into the harbor and the other with a bridge from a palatial structure extending over a peninsula. Each end decorated with tortoise shell inlays within elaborately patterned enamel and bone-inlaid frames with an exterior band of gilt foliate decorations. The thirteen strings extend over the arched body across a bridge on either side.

LENGTH 33 cm

Condition: Good condition with minor wear, three trim feet lost.
Provenance: From an old French private collection.

The koto is a Japanese plucked half-tube zither instrument, and the national instrument of Japan. It is derived from the Chinese zheng and se, and similar to the Mongolian yatga, the Korean gayageum and ajaeng, the Vietnamese dan tranh, the Sundanese kacapi and the Kazakhstan jetigen. Koto are made from Paulownia wood (Paulownia tomentosa, known as kiri). The most common type uses 13 strings strung over movable bridges used for tuning, different pieces possibly requiring different tuning.

Museum comparison:
Compare a related miniature koto, 49.5 cm long, dated to the mid to late 19th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 89.4.112.

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