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An archaic gilt-bronze ‘tiger’ musical tuner
Eastern Zhou dynasty
Cast in the form of a cylindrical finial raised above a hollowed square
shaft, the key gilt-decorated with a three-petalled flower issuing from a
central hemispherical boss, interspersed by protruding tiger heads, each
accompanied by a pair of paws resting at the side.
4.7cm diam.
HK$150,000 - 200,000
US$19,000 - 26,000
東周 鎏金獸首紋琴扭
Compare a similar Western Han dynasty gilt-bronze musical tuner,
illustrated by Jessica Rawson & Emma Bunker, Ancient Chinese and
Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1990, p.201, no.113.
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