Pipa (琵琶 )

Medium

Wood, lacquer, bamboo, composition, mother-of-pearl

Dimensions

L.: 94.8 cm (37-5/16 in.); W.: 31.5 cm (12-7/16 in.); D.: 5.8 cm (2-5/16 in.)

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted

Culture

Chinese

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.54