Qin player

Unknown (Chinese)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
2nd century
Height:
41.0 cm  (16 1/8 in.)
Width:
43.0 cm  (16 15/16 in.)
Technique / Medium:
red terracotta
Place of creation:
Sichuan (Zhongguo)
School:
Han Period

    Item location

  • Museo d'Arte Orientale (Torino)
    Meidaozhai Collection[Museum inv. no.: H 77]

Description

A man seated and playing qin in a horizontal position, supported on the knees. This type of qin player is frequently found in Sichuan rock tombs from the end of the Eastern Han, which were used by the same family through several generations.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Qin [3684]

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "The “Meidaozhai” Chinese art collection of the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation Turin", Music in Art 30/1-2 (2005) 239-243. RILM 2005-7128.

RIdIM record id

3075