$4,740
Pandurina, Attributed to Marinus de Magistro, c. 1620, the spruce top with carved wooden rosette surrounded by an ebony ring inlaid with a mother-of-pearl flying dove motif, the back veneered in ivory with ebony stringers, the fretboard inlaid in an alternating horizontal pattern of ebony and ivory with a side binding of ivory/ebony/ivory, the neck of laminated ivory and ebony, the pegbox of ebonized wood, the ivory tuning pegs, length of body 23.5 cm, with case. With dendrochronological report of Peter Klein, University of Hamburg, July 20, 1994, dating the youngest growth ring of the top from 1611 (photocopy only) Good, minor filled wormholes in top, one hairline crack above treble side of saddle, apprx. 3.5 cm. Cracks in ivory facing of back Measures 23.5 in., from lower edge to "shoulder" of top and neck joint. String length=32.5 from nut to saddle This piece is holding together very well.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-05-01
