HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

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A BRONZE TUNING KEY WITH COILED DRAGON-FORM HANDLE
HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)
6 ¼ in. (15.9 cm.) long, lucite and metal stand

Provenance

J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 21 February 1998.

Literature

J. J. Lally & Co., Arts of the Han Dynasty, New York, 1998, no. 25.

Exhibited

New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Arts of the Han Dynasty, 25 March-11 April 1998.

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Lot Essay

A very similar gilt-bronze tuning key in the form of a coiled dragon from the tomb of the King of Nanyue, is illustrated in Xi Han Nanyue Wang mu (Nanyue King's Tomb of the Western Han), vol. II, pl. 47, nos. 1 and 2; and a full description with line drawing is in voI. I, pp. 92-3. See, also, the gilt-bronze coiled dragon tuning key from the collection of Orvar Karibeck illustrated in “Selected Objects from Ancient Shou-chou," Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, No. 27, 1955, pl. 42:4.

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