Auction 2023-1
Historical Musical Instruments as well as Art and Antiques - The Collection of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Ewerhart (1928-2022)
By Galerie Moenius Germany
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Mar 18, 2023
Burghaus Wassenach Kirchstrasse 1 56653 Wassenach, Germany
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The collection of Prof. Dr. Rudolph Ewerhart (1928-2022).
Since 1982 Rudolf Ewerhart lived with his wife Helene in the late baroque Burghaus Wassenach near the Laacher See, the aristocratic residence of the Knights of Kolb built from 1772-1775. Parallel to the extensive renovation
In 1996 he organized exclusive concerts in the “Music in the Burghaus Wassenach” series in the hall of the mansion, at which newly acquired or freshly restored instruments from the collection in the were the focus.
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LOT 27:
YANG-TJIN ZITHER, CHINA, PROBABLY EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY.
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Sold for: €650
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YANG-TJIN ZITHER, CHINA, PROBABLY EARLY TO MID 20TH CENTURY.
This trapezoidal box trembler (Cetra trapezoidale a percussione - Yang Ch'in, Yang-Kin, Yang-Quin trembler) was acquired in 2008 at the auction house Michael Zeller in Lindau on Lake Constance as a “Koto im originalen Kasten mit Goldlackbemalung, Eingelassene Schublade mit Spielhammer. Japan, um 1900.“ Painted cover with two poems on it. The soundboard is decorated with two elaborately carved rosettes. The stringing consists of 3 single choirs and 11 triple string choirs, which run over two middle bridges. The wrestplank is equipped with brass tuning pins. The playing hammer also serves as a tuning hammer.
Dimensions: Length: 27cm, width: 72cm, height: 10cm.
Comparable instruments can be found in:
Castello Sforzesco, fondo Gallini, Milan, Inv. no. SMUE 117,
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Inv. no. MIR1390.
