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‘HANQUAN’: A RARE ‘YA’E-STYLE’ LACQUERED GUQIN
Made by the Princley House of Hui; dated Kuisi year of the Jiajing
reign, corresponding to 1533 and of the period
The gently-tapering body constructed with a recessed waist and neck,
the underside with seven tuning pegs and two circular goose-feet
supporting the musical instrument, the top inlaid vertically with thirteen
studs (hui), the reverse with a phoenix pond (fengzhao) and dragon
pool (longchi), the lacquered surface with a network of fine ‘ox-hair’
crackles, box.
117.5cm (46 1/4in) long x 18cm (7in) wide (2).

HKD600,000 - 800,000
US$77,000 - 100,000

明嘉靖 徽王府造亞額式「寒泉」琴

Provenance:
King Gong of Hui, Zhu Houjue (1506-1550) (inscription)
King Dao of Hui, Zhu Zaihou (1526-1556) (seal)
An important Asian private collection

來源：
徽恭王朱厚爝（1506－1550）（銘文）
徽悼王朱載埨（1526－1556）（鈐印）
亞洲重要私人收藏

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