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See three related examples of bronze tuning keys,
Warring States period, one surmounted by a pair of
monkeys, which were sold at Christie’s New York,
16 October 2001, lot 182; another from the Anthony
Hardy collection, also with a monkey, which was
sold at Christie’s New York, 16 September 2010, lot
2508; and a third one with a mythical beast, which
was sold at Christie’s New York, 22-23 March 2012,
lot 2553. See also a related bronze bear-form tuning
key, Han dynasty, which was sold at Christie’s New
York, 21 September 2000, lot 175.
形似鑰匙,鑰首扁圓鏤空,作踡曲龍身形貌,龍首
前探吐出鑰身圓柱軀幹,圓柱末端中空,寬展成
節,方銎,銎口大小與琴軫相合,通體原鎏金,斑
駁發綠鏽。先秦時期琴五絃、七絃或十絃並存,然
制度頗類,皆身修長,以琴軫固定琴弦,需軫鑰旋
轉調音。此類琴軫鑰的具體用法,在1983年南越
王墓發掘之前一直都未能完全體現,直到墓中出
土琴軫和軫鑰數組之後,才明確軫鑰用以旋轉琴
軫而固定琴鉉,當時推測至少有十絃琴三件或五
絃琴六件,相關討論見蘇芳淑,「Different Turns,
Different Strings: Court and Chamber Music in
Ancient China」,《Orientations》,2000年5月,頁
26-34。有關南越王木出土成組之琴軫及軫鑰,見廣
州市文物管理委員會等著,《西漢南越王墓》,北
京,1991年,卷上,頁45。傳世青銅軫鑰大部分以
不同動物為首,見B. Lawergren於文章「Strings」
中著錄,出版於蘇芳淑,《Music in the Age of
Confucius》,佛利爾美術館與亞瑟·M·賽克勒美術
館,2000年,頁65-85。以捲曲龍身為鑰首的例子
並不多見,參見南越王墓出土一件銅鎏金琴軫鑰與
本拍品極似,可比較之,見梁惠彤,《絲桐通造化
銅軫傳琴聲—漫談南越文王墓出土的銅琴軫》,載
於《文物天地》,北京,2019年1月,圖4,頁40。
參見紐約佳士得先後曾經售出的戰國時期的青銅琴
軫鑰三例,包括一件雙猴鑰首,2001年10月16日, 11 (two views)
拍品編號182;以及思源堂舊藏一例,亦以猴為鑰
首,2010年9月16日,拍品編號2508;第三例以瑞
獸為首,2010年9月16日,拍品編號2508。另見一
件漢代青銅熊形琴軫鑰,售於紐約佳士得,2000年
9月21日,拍品編號175。
12 Y
A GUQIN-SHAPED DUAN INKSTONE
Qing Dynasty
Skillfully carved in the form of a guqin of compressed
proportions with a smoothly concave inkwell, the
seven strings carved in low relief starting from the
head, yueshan, to the end, jiaowei, flanked by two
archaistic chi dragons, hongmu box and cover.
20.1cm (8in) long (3).
HKD40,000 - 60,000
US$5,200 - 7,700
清 端石琴式硯
Compare with a duan inkstone of similar form, late
Qing dynasty, which is illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum:
The Four Treasures of the Study-Writing Paper and
Inkstones, Hong Kong, 2005, p.198, pl.141.
端石質,古琴形,方形硯堂,硯池深陷,邊起棱
線,岳山上淺浮雕七絃,琴焦尾刻仿古螭龍紋一
對,龍齦上淺刻七絃,硯台四段内凹仿琴肩腰之
勢,硯身厚重,豬肝色。參考北京故宮藏一件清 12
晚期端石琴形硯,形制類似,大小近同,見《故
宮博物院藏文物珍品全集:文房四寶·紙硯》,香
港,2005年,頁198, 圖版141。
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