Length of body: 18 7/8 in. (47.9 cm)Lenght of string: 26 4/3 in. (68 cm)Length of lower bouts: 10 5/8 in. (26.9 cm)Length of middle bouts: 7 1/2 in. (18.9 cm)Length of upper bouts: 8 4/3 in
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Excavated by Sayyid Pasha Khashaba (Said Bey), May 1910. Acquired by Khashaba in the division of finds. In Cairo with Maurice Nahman, November 1910. Purchased from Nahman by Dikran G. Kelekian, 1911. Purchased from Kelekian, 1917
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From Kourion, Cyprus (Cesnola, Atlas III, pl. XLIV, 4) Before 1874, excavated by Luigi Palma di Cesnola at Kourion, Cyprus; until 1874, collection of L.P. di Cesnola; acquired in 1874, purchased from L
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The Location of Perneb’s Tomb For millennia, the vast cemetery of Saqqara (about twenty-five miles south of Cairo) was the burial ground for Memphis, ancient Egypt’s capital. In an especially crowded section, just north of the enclosure around King Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara (built during Dynasty 3, ca
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From the laudario of Sant’Agnese, Florence, Italy; [ Mori, Paris (sold 1924)] ; Robert Lehman American, New York (1924 – 1968) ; Robin Lehman American, New York (from 1968) ; [ Dr. Jörn Günther Antiquariat, Hamburg (sold 2006)]
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Inscription: Inside soundhole, circular inscription: „Manufactured by the [prince of the] state of Lu in the year guiyou of the Chongzhen reign of the great Ming; #18.“Marking: 1) (on back at head) the title „honghe“(Capital Peace); 2) (on back below title) the seal „Luguo shi quan“ (Heirloom of the Lu State); 3) (below seal) 22-character poem that reads: The moonlight is being reflected by the river Yangtze, A light breeze is blowing over clear dewdrops, Only in a tranquil place Can one comprehend the feeling of eternity
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Inscription: (on each corner and in center): A [image of a knot] E [reversed] (unidentified)(on red horn): W [backwards E] D H N O H N M E H O M (too fragmentary for interpretation)
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