Dàn-tranh, unsigned, Vietnam, early XX° century.
Zither of a long trapezoid shape in red exotic wood, with numerous decoration at each ends and along the flanks with mother of pearl inlays (birds, bats, foliages).
Arched soundboard in natural ligth wood (wootung tree).
Bone baseboard.
Sixteen steel strings tuned with red exotic wood pegs.
Sixteen individual moveable bridges in shape of an inverted V, in same exotic wood, linked up together with a thread ending with decoratve 'pompons'.
Three soundholes under the box.
Rest on two exotic wood feet.
Length: 1001 mm
Maximun width: 201 mm
Minimum width: 136 mm
