Antique String Instrument

Asian Indian-style (19/20th Century) 25 string wood instrument with bird head design

The Pfretzschner family operated as major dealers and makers of fine string instruments and bows in Markneukirchen, which was the epicenter of German violin making.

The ensemble consists of five string instruments: a classical guitar, a lyre-shaped guitar with two feet, a bell-shaped ukulele (tiple), a cello, and a free-standing harp.

The SS Stewart Orchestra banjo is a rare five-string instrument made in 1892, featuring a chrome drum and a carved cloverleaf motif.

A bronze figure of a musician. He is playing a string instrument.

A blanc de chine white glazed ceramic figure depicting a seated musician holding a stringed instrument raised on a rectangular plinth base.

Antique 19th century Staffordshire porcelain flatback figurine in the shape of a man / minstrel or troubadour, holding a guitar / stringed instrument, seated on a mossy wall with a r...

Untitled print of an Arab Moor man playing a stringed instrument 105: Mural in St. Marc's church: the left a painting of the Archangel Michael, said to be painted by S.

The case contains a note in French which indicates this model was an apprentice piece made by a French luthier (string instrument maker). The note appears to have enhanced aging.

Table top is decorated with intricate leafy elements, accented with birds, butterflies and antique string instruments.  Circa Late 19th Century Dimensions H 31" W 30.5" D 55"

Large 19th century KPM plaques hand-painted by Dittrich after the original paintings by the Czech master, Franz Lefler (1831-1898), depicting children singing and playing string inst...

The two men serenade the women with their stringed instruments. The subject matter and style of painting was common throughout the 18th century in France/Europe and this painting bea...

Original vintage carpet advertising poster for Teppichhaus Schuster & Co St Gallen & Zurich Switzerland featuring an Oriental style design depicting a lady playing music on a stringe...

THE ANGEL PLAYS A GUITAR, VIOLIN, LYRE, BANJO OR OTHER STRING INSTRUMENT. SURROUNDING THE ANGEL IS AN EXQUISITE HALO IN BLUE AND GREY ENAMEL.

Father figure playing a stringed instrument, in the presence of other members of his family.

The main motif is a hand-painted figurative decoration that encircles the body, depicting two male figures, one playing a flute and the other a stringed instrument, using earth tones...

He is seated on a cushion with pompoms resting on a pedestal, playing a three-stringed instrument. It stands on a base measuring 19 cm by 19 cm.

The intricately detailed top showcases various game cards, dice, a string instrument, a script containing a composer, and various other artist elements.

The painting is done in the Anglo-Indian style depicting several women watching a female dancing on a carpet, presumably at an outdoor bazaar, with a male musician playing a stringed...

He is holding an early stringed instrument, eager to entertain. This decorative piece is in good original condition.

These trapezoidal shaped windows detail angels playing stringed instruments – one a violin and the other a lute – dressed in swathes of gold and white before deep red glass backdrops.

Oil on canvas, heightened in gold, large vertical panel cut in the shape of ogival arch, depicting a central portrait roundel with a Westernised Qajar maiden wearing a white veil and...

The first plate, titled Muziek-Instrumenten (Gamelan), depicts a wide range of traditional Javanese instruments, carefully illustrated and labeled. Included are gongs suspended from ...

To the lower left one observes a finely dressed lady playing a type of string instrument for her beau, leaning toward her with keen interest.

Dated to the 1930s during China's brief Republic Period (1912-1949), the set provided a surface for playing the qin, an ancient stringed instrument associated with scholarly refineme...

The lyre is one of the oldest known stringed instruments, originally produced in the ancient river civilizations to honor the gods.

Exceptional Edo period woodblock print, in the striking ukiyo-e style Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order throughout Set within a tasteful later frame, with blue card ...

On the left, Satadéven is depicted standing barefoot against a mountainous backdrop, carrying a long-necked string instrument across his shoulders and holding a small bowl in one hand.

The porcelain figures are that of a man and woman playing musical instruments, wistfully gazing towards each other while they stroll and play; he plays a variation on the bagpipes, p...

The subtly arranged gloves, draped fabrics, and a stringed instrument resting on a chair suggest a moment frozen in time, evoking themes of nostalgia, refinement, and artistic intros...

Indou jouant du Pennak: - Instrument: The musician appears to be using a stringed instrument, possibly a type of traditional Indian lute or sitar.

This richly colored scene depicts two resting maidens by a window, one playing the baglama (a traditional stringed instrument) while the other listens in repose.

"Candy Seller" (飴売りうずまつ 市村羽左衛門) Japanese Woodblock on Rice Paper This piece depicts Ichimura Uzaemon as the Candy Peddler Uzumatsu. He is playing a stringed instrument (the shamisen...

A biography of Antonio Stradivari (1644- 1737) the Italian crafter of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps.

Executed in the Renaissance Revival taste for which the maker became renowned, the brooch centres upon a finely sculpted silver figure of Saint Cecilia (patron saint of music) shown ...

A very rare musical string instrument style wicker rocker by the Wakefield Rattan Company, Wakefield Massachusetts, C. 1890s in wonderful condition.

The upper field features a stylized depiction of a stringed instrument's fretboard, rendered with a distinct, minimalist approach that borders on geometric rugs.

A rare Japanese Koto made from carved Paulownia wood and lavishly decorated with lacquer Maki-e circa late 19th century of Meiji Period (1868-1912). The facade of the stringed instru...

It depicts a female figure—most likely a Muse of Music—playing a stringed instrument, inlaid in fine precious woods that have been expertly sand-shaded.

This refined antique devotional panel depicts a serene angel musician, delicately playing a string instrument while standing on a stylized cloud.

He was a collector of all violin and string instrument related objects. His vast collections of objects included unique and special violins and figurines.

His first interest was in music and he was an authority on string instruments and the originator of the practice of polychordia and published a folio of sheet music on the subject.

The upper portion of the stringed instrument is surmounted with a swept oval capital, encompassed with concave fluted decoration accented with a reed decorated girdle.

A vielle à roue is a string instrument that produces sound when a crank is turned.

Central to the design is a flowering prunus branch emerging from a geometric vase, flanked by precisely depicted cultural implements including a penjing (bonsai) container, stringed ...

In the foreground, symbols of refinement and cultivated leisure rest upon a balustrade: a stringed instrument reminiscent of those used in courtly chamber music, draped velvet textil...

The upper portion of the stringed instrument is surmounted with a swept oval capital, encompassed with embossed concave batwing decoration.

Materials: Fruitwood Signed: Gallé Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: The term chanterelle is richly layered: archaically, it denotes a songbird, yet in musical usage it refers to th...

Under her right hand, a zither rests. This flat stringed instrument was generally used to accompany a domestic setting.

A female dancer stands ready to perform, flanked by musicians playing traditional instruments including drums and bowed string instruments.

To the left, a seated homme du peuple à Athènes strums a stringed instrument, serenading a young fille Athénienne carrying a water jar, her attire marked by a vibrant apron and embro...

The older musician plays a hurdy-gurdy (a mechanized, hand-cranked string instrument), while his younger counterpart plays the bagpipes.

To his left stands the *Chef des Archers*, resplendent in armor and helmet, while a *Musicien* kneels in the foreground playing a stringed instrument, perhaps an erhu or pipa, adding...

The first plate features musicians and performers, including figures playing traditional instruments such as drums, stringed instruments, and wind instruments, rendered in vivid, har...

At the left, a seated musicien plays a bowed string instrument resembling a rebab, his rhythmic accompaniment providing the melody for the graceful danseuse javanaise beside him.

Across the front and side panels, figures in traditional dress are shown engaged in leisure and daily activity: playing stringed instruments, drawing water, conversing beneath trees,...

The rectangular pedestal stands on supports and has architectural decoration; the base of the clock, also rectangular, has vegetal crowns with scrolls enhancing cartouches (with name...