Yueqin (or yüeh-ch'in, Chinese lute)

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Title

Yueqin (or yüeh-ch'in, Chinese lute)

Description

Circular wooden body wtih short neck and four hexagonal wooden pegs. Strings missing. Ten raised wooden frets on neck and body (2 missing). Simple wood work with no decoration . "Strings in pairs at the 5th". Slight scroll on peg box and darker wood on tail piece with four holes.Size: 57 cms in length, 35 cms wide

Source

Belonged to Percy Grainger

Date

n.d (before 1950)

Contributor

Grainger Museum

Identifier

00.0212
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Citation

Unknown maker, China, “Yueqin (or yüeh-ch'in, Chinese lute),” Grainger Museum Online, accessed April 24, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/437.

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