Auction 85
From Medieval Europe to New Spain
Mar 4, 2021
Spain
Carrer del Comte de Salvatierra, nº8, 08006 Barcelona (Spain)
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LOT 10:
Polychromed walnut psaltery. Italy. 15th – 16th century.
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Sold for: €2,500
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€2,500 - €4,000
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Polychromed walnut psaltery. Italy. 15th – 16th century.
Rare psaltery, a musical instrument with medieval origins belonging to the zither family.
88 x 40 x 6,5 cm.
The main body of the instrument is trapezoidal and made of walnut wood polychromed in red, yellow and black with decoration of ivy leaves coiled into branches. There is decoration on the upper side with two perforated and polychromed rosettes. There are 17 strings grouped in twos and threes. Most examples that can be found of instruments similar to this are hammered dulcimers, which were played by hitting the strings with small hammers rather than plucking them. The similar examples in museums are mostly later instruments dating from the 18th century.
