Erxian

Medium

Wood, plastic, bamboo, horsehair

Dimensions

L: 46.2 cm (18-3/16 in.); Diam. of body: 8.5 - 7.6 cm (3-5/16 - 3 in.); L. of bow: 53.8 cm (20-13/16 in.)

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted

Culture

Chinese, possibly Chaozhu sub-culture

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.45a, b