Musical instrument, Asia
Bamboo, bone (?), velvet
L. 39 cm
Expert : Emmanuelle M…

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Musical instrument, Asia Bamboo, bone (?), velvet L. 39 cm Expert : Emmanuelle MENUET

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Musical instrument, Asia

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SOUTHEAST ASIA Metal subject with black and gold patina depicting a divinity and his musical instrument Height: 16 cm Wear

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Table-top Victorian table-top box-costume case. England, 19th century. Root wood with metal fillet. Brass plate with initials on the top. Interior with thread spools and other carved bone and mother-of-pearl implements. Lined in blue velvet. Crack in the top of the box. Measurements: 13 x 31 x 21 cm. This Victorian sewing box is characterized by the beautiful wood grain interrupted by a fine metal fillet. With a prismatic structure and a hinged top lid, it has a lock and a metal plate on the top. The interior of the box is compartmentalized, lined with sky blue velvet and decorated with Grecian motifs. The sewing instruments have been worked in bone and mother-of-pearl.

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A BAMBOO SHENG (MOUTH ORGAN) A BAMBOO SHENG (MOUTH ORGAN) China, 20th century. The bamboo pipes set into a metal base with slanted mouthpiece and held together by bamboo fittings. One pipe with a sticker reading ‘product of Beijing Ethnic Instrument Factory’ (Beijing minzu leqi chang chupin). Provenance: Croatian private collection. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, one pipe slightly loosened. Weight 697 g Dimensions: Height 49.1 cm Originating in Southeast Asia and used before the twelfth century B.C., the sheng played a significant role in Confucian music. Today, it accompanies folk songs and is occasionally used in Beijing opera to add harmony. Similar to the Western harmonica, which it inspired, the sheng is the only Chinese wind instrument capable of producing multiple notes simultaneously. It is played by both blowing and sucking air. The bamboo pipes, symbolizing the folded wings of the phoenix, are equipped with metal free reeds and are concealed within a bowl-shaped wind chamber. Literature comparison: A related Sheng is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 89.4.96.

Estim. 150 - 250 EUR

Bone musical instrument (clapper) Lg. 11.8 cm.Egypt, ancient period, found in Thebes. (Antique documents will be given to the buyer. Provenance: former estate of Bernard FONQUERNIE, chief architect of historic monuments.

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