A BRONZE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' ZITHER TUNING KEY, QIN ZHEN YAO the finial carved with scale motifs flanking a slender shaft, the handle in the form of a beast's head terminating in a square socket, the surface with green encrustation, 9.7cm long Footnotes: 青銅神獸琴軫鑰 Bronze tuning keys are typically surmounted by zoomorphic finials depicting a variety of animals. See a related example illustrated in B.Lawergren, 'Strings', in J. So (ed.), Music in the Age of Confucius, Washington, D.C., 2000, p. 78. 青銅軫鑰的鈕首多作動物造型。可參考B.Lawergren於章節⌈String⌋所著，出版於蘇芳淑，《Music in the Age of Confucius》，佛利爾美術館與亞瑟·M·賽克勒美術館，2000年，頁78。 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing