Guqin (古琴 )
Prince Lu
1634
Medium
Wood (wutong and zi), silk, jade, lacquer, mother-of-pearl
Dimensions
47 × 8 × 3 3/4 in. (119.4 × 20.3 × 9.5 cm)
Classification
Chordophone-Zither-plucked-long zither
Culture & Period
Chinese · Ming Dynasty
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, Seymour Fund, The Boston Foundation Gift, Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1999
Accession Number
1999.93a-b