Southern Song Dynasty Of Confucius-style form, the slightly domed body with two waisted section on both side, the black-lacquered surface finely crackled into small shefu (shefu) lines, the top inlaid with thirteen mother-of-pearl studs (hui), the reserve above the longchi (dragon pool) incised and infilled with cinnabar lacquer with two-character name reading pianqiu (A leaf of the autumn), the area underneath fengzhao (phoenix pool) incised with Jiajing marks reading jiajing sishisannian bayue zao guxianlv ([This qin] of Guxian tone made in August at the 43rd year of the Jiajing's reign), corresponding to 1564, and followed with a seal reading zhengfu zhibao (The Treasure of Princely House of Zheng), the seven pegs (zhen) and two geese feet (yanzu) of pale-celadon jade, bag. Overall 121.8cm (47 3/4in) long, shoulder 19.5cm (7 3/4in) wide, tail 14cm (5 1/2in)wide. (2).Footnotes南宋 仲尼式「片秋」琴 Provenance: The Yanqinzhai Collection, Hong Kong 來源: 香港硯琴齋珍藏 Exhibited: The University Museum and Art Gallery, Gems of Ancient Chinese Zithers: Shum's Collection of Ancient Qin from the Last Millennium, University of Hong Kong, 14th October-5th December 1998 The Chang Foundation Museum, The Ancient Chinese Zither(Qin), Taipei, 2000 展覽： 香港大學美術博物館，「古琴薈珍—硯琴齋宋元明清古琴展」，香港，1998年10月14日-12月5日 鴻禧美術館，「2000年台北古琴藝術節唐宋元明百琴展」，台北，2000年 Published and Illustrated: B. Yung, Gems of Ancient Chinese Zithers: Shum's Collection of Ancient Qin from the Last Millennium, Hong Kong, 1998, p.15, pl.18 Taipei Municipal Chinese Classical Orchestra and The Chang Foundation ed., The Ancient Chinese Zither(Qin), pp.80-81 出版及著錄： 榮鴻曾編，《古琴薈珍—硯琴齋宋元明清古琴展》，香港，1998年，頁15，圖版18 台北市立國樂團及鴻禧美術館編，《古琴紀事圖錄》，台北，2000年，頁80-81 Its slightly domed and flattened body has strong characters of qins in Song Dynasty called Songbian (flattened Song Dynasty style) by connoisseurs. Compare with a Confucius-style 'Yuhubing' qin, Southern Song Dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, which is illustrated by M.Z. Zheng in the Guqin in the Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2010, pl. 7; compare also with a closely related Confucius-style qin, Southern Song Dynasty, in the Palace Museum, see ibid, pl.10. 仲尼式，黑髹，上下遍發小蛇腹斷，肩起二徽半，腰收八徽，紫檀岳山、冠角及龍齦，青玉軫足，蚌徽，桐木面板，內有天地柱，龍池上方填朱漆「片秋」二字，龍池鳳藻間陰刻「嘉靖四十三年八月造姑洗律」，鳳藻下方陰刻「鄭府之寶」印，琴音堅實有金石聲。 此琴面板極厚重，身形扁平，棱角嶄然。其起肩收腰勢有南宋風韻，可資比較者北京故宮有兩床，最似者為一床宋代無名仲尼式琴，亦是厚而平，棱角嶄然，見鄭珉中編，《故宮古琴圖典》，北京，2010年，編號10；另可比較南宋玉壺冰琴，漆面斷紋及面板木料之朽態與本琴頗似，見前書，編號7，此二琴與本琴護軫皆成彎轉馬蹄狀，極為精緻，後世罕有可比者。