Lady Su Hui and her verse puzzle

Qiu Ying (ca. 1494–ca. 1552) (style copy of)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

16th century

Height:

25.6 cm  (10 1/16 in.)

Width:

311.8 cm  (122 3/4 in.)

Measurements refer to image only

Technique / Medium:

ink and color on silk

Place of creation:

Zhongguo [China] (中国 )

Description

Scene about Lady Su Hui, who was supposed to have lived in the late fourth century; depiction of musical instruments:
qinqin, pipa, pipa (played without plectrum), paiban (front row, left to right); dizi, xiao, sheng, konghou (Back row, left to right).

People as subjects

Su Hui (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Qin [3684]
Pipa [3413]
Paiban [2430]
Di [3919]
Xiao [4103]
Sheng [4157]
Wa-konghu [5393]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1
image link 2

Bibliographic references

"Lady Suhui and Her Verse Puzzle [China] (33.167)", in Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000; http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/33.167 (September 2009)

Notes

Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

RIdIM record id

3292