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THBEarly 20th C. Nepalese/Tibetan Wood Lute (Sgra-Snyan)
Lot 94
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Nepal or Tibet, ca. early 20th century. A lovely wooden lute known as a sgra-snyan (also danyen, dramyen, danyan - and meaning "harmonious sound") with a wonderful hand-carved and beautifully painted horse head. Size: 7.1" W x 32.7" H (18 cm x 83.1 cm)
According to Oxford Music Online, "Long-necked lute of Tibet and the entire Himalayan region including Ladakh, northern Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan. It is carved of a single piece of wood 70 to 120 cm long. The hollowed resonator is covered with a skin (snake, goat, etc) soundtable, and the sickle-curved pegbox, usually carved to resemble the head of a horse or dragon, holds six lateral pegs. Some instruments have a seventh, drone string, attached to a peg on the side of the unfretted neck. Typically, three pairs of silk or gut (nowadays nylon or wire) strings tuned g/g–d'/d'–a/a (or their octaves) cross a low, loose bridge before attaching at the tail or to a tailpiece. The partly hollowed neck widens to form two points or lobes before narrowing into the hemispherical portion of the resonator. The instrument, which is often colourfully painted, is played with a plectrum or finger-plucked and is used to accompany dances and songs as well as narratives."
See a similar example at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that features the head of a horse as well (accession number 1990.112.3).
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex private New York, USA collection
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#156146Horse head reattached to front of tuning head, with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Abrasions and minor nicks to body, neck, and head, with light fading to original pigment, and minor encrustations within some recessed areas. Nice remains of pigment on horse head and great patina throughout.Condition
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