Pipa player

Unknown (Chinese)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1800-1830

Height:

45.0 cm  (17 11/16 in.)

Width:

34.0 cm  (13 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

watercolor and ink on paper

Place of creation:

Guangzhou (Zhongguo)

Description

Two women playing music; pipa and unidentified struck percussion instrument, perhaps a small gong.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Pipa [3413]
Percussion instruments [2370]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

The painting is from a series of total 24 items, all of them depicting women playing different kinds of Chinese musical instruments.

RIdIM record id

3293