LOT 4 Eastern Zhou Dynasty A gilt-bronze and a gold, silver and precious-stone-inlaid music turners
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Eastern Zhou Dynasty|Each of circular form raised on a square hollow shaft, the gilt bronze turner cast with three radiating lotus petals alternating with small tiger heads, a hemispherical boss at the centre; the other similarly modelled with six petals inlaid with amber and interspersed with small turquoise pieces, bordered with geometric scrolls inlaid in gold and silver, stands. The larger 4.7cm (1 7/8in) diam. (4).|東周 銅鎏金琴鈕及銅錯金銀琴鈕Provenance: the Sze Yuan Tang collection, acquired in Hong Kong circa 1980s-1990s來源: 思源堂收藏,於約1980至1990年代購自香港Compare a similar bronze peg for a stringed instrument, Se, Western Han dynasty, excavated at tomb No.2 at Dongdongshan, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, of similar petal shape inlaid with gold, silver and other precious stones, illustrated by J.Lin ed., The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China, Cambridge, 2012, p.136, no.32. Related gold and silver-inlaid bronze music turners, Western Han dynasty, of similar petal shape but the inlaid precious stones missing, was sold in Christie's New York, 19-20 September 2013, lot 1503.
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2017年11月7-8日
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