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BEYOND COMPARE: A Thousand Years of the Literati Aesthetic

PROPERTY FROM THE NINGYUN SHANFANG COLLECTION

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AN IMPORTANT LACQUERED PHOENIX-STYLE QIN ҂ ϡߧჃࠠࡌೌΤ҂ೞ
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279)
Of phoenix-style, the graceful arched wooden body tapers gently from the Ը๕
shoulders to the tail with two conjoined grooved semi-circles on either ߡಿӱ΋͛ᔚᔛ
side of the waist. The top board is made of wutong wood (Firmiana simplex) ኑᗲʆגᔛۜ
and inlaid with thirteen gold studs, hui, joined with the lower board made
of hardwood, all supported on two later replated zitan pegs, yanzu, ‘Wild
ഹ፽
Geese Feet’. The lower board is pierced with a long rectangular sound ʦ໬ೞ̊‘d ϋ ˜dౢྡࠫ ʿࠫ
hole, longchi, ‘Dragon’s Pool’, above a two-character carved seal, Baohan,
‘Inclusion’, and a shorter rectangular sound hole, fengzhao, ‘Phoenix ஷڗ ʮʱ
Pond’. There is a carved thirteen-character inscription below the right
Ϟָࣖڗ ʮʱ
side of the ‘Dragon’s Pool’, which may be translated ‘Lei Wen of the Great
ٲᄱ ʮʱ
Tang dynasty made this qin in the Eastern Chamber of Yuanyan Studio’,
and a seventeen-character (two characters indecipherable) inscription ҈ᄱ ʮʱ
below the left side of the ‘Dragon’s Pool’, which may be translated ‘Zhu ௰ێɧᏏ ʮʱ
Zhiyuan repaired this qin, which is made of superb materials and produces
excellent sound’, both inscriptions filled with cinnabar lacquer. The ჾැόdږᏏdೞࠦܯ̻dٲ֐ІɚᏏ̒dඨԑ຅ɘᏏɖʱfϡဒ
surfaces are covered by original layers of cinnabar and chestnut-coloured މֵdڌⴓࣱЍဒd௤ԉᒲϲߣdೞࠦ҅௅ᚣɞ䄕ϲߣdމ׼ɛה
lacquers, followed by another layer of lacquer containing remains of deer ࡌfஷ᜗೯ʃஊ໖ᓙ७dˈ˸ೞֵʘʃஊ໖ᓙdග˸ˬˣΏ൓ഃᓙ
antler, with a few further areas further lacquered during the Ming dynasty
७dᒯৎν㠓dͷνࡥ҂Τೞࠠኜᓙ७ʘًfᎲϫჾةޫЪڗ˙d
possibly for stabilisation and repair. The original lacquer layers are suffused
ϫةɹضᝋ೷˝ૢdೞࠦމ૙ࣶ˝d७ଣ༰୚dЍරሯᕦd຅ϫة
with snake-belly crackles with even finer cow-hair crackles and ice-
crackles in between. ஈЪॶࠪฆඤৎd֪ʆೊ҈ѩމဒהᔧႊdՉ˝୽፫dೊ҈ڿԉೌ
ᎉዱণd҈ϖҖΝˬԉdяɓοҖዑΣ̸̛fഓᏥ൥ಒҖ९Ԓඨԑd
Overall length: 48 in. (121.8 cm.)
೷˝ೞ⌚ѩމܝ౬dᎲϫ̸̛ՇਉՍϞთdԨ෬˸ϡဒf
Effective length of the string: 43 ‰ in. (111.5 cm.)
Width of shoulders: 7 Æ in. (19.8 cm.)
̛Սთj
Width of tail: 5 …À/”ÿ in. (14.8 cm.)
ɽࡥཤ˖Υࣶ׵ᳶ೸ᓈʘ؇৐
Thickness: 1 { in. (4.4 cm.)
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$510,000-770,000 ̸Սთj
ቡϤԄҿࠪᗲ½ձ½ΥόϡߧჃࠠࡌা
PROVENANCE
Ꮂϫ࿁ɨϞ˜̍ў™ɽΙɓ˙
Hu Zifu (1877-1972)
LITERATURE
Jinyu qinkan [ Journal of the Jinyu qin Society], May 1937, illustration p. 7,
and p. 273

The present qin illustrated in Jinyu qinkan [Journal of the Jinyu qin Society], Description of the present qin in Jinyu qinkan [Journal of the Jinyu qin Society],
May 1937, illustration p. 7 May 1937, p. 273
ᕴᾥᑞǗ͎ⴼᾥֵǘ䢲 ໝ ᕕ䢲ዢॱ㦓 ˮ̃⮏㙼 Ǘ͎ⴼᾥֵǘ䢲 ໝ ᕕ䢲㦓 യᕴᾥ̃ዟ㏽

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