Native Name | Pipa |
Object Number | 2014-13-92 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chinese |
Provenience | China |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Wood | Metal |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Bat |
Inscription Language | Chinese Language | Chinese Language | Chinese Language |
Description | Pipa (Chinese: 琵琶). Lute with tear drop shape body enclosing a metal vibrator. 4 convex frets, 12 bridge-lie frets on the soundboard. Bent back peg box with 4 graceful pateral pegs. Back lacquered. Scroll carved with bat. Poor condition: body cracked,many parts missing, all strings missing. |
Length | 92.2 cm |
Width | 23.2 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Franklin Institute, 2014 |
Other Number | L-222-92 - Old Loan Number | C271 uncertain - Seder Number | 6184.92 - Franklin Institute Number |
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