Watercolor of musician playing ruan (?)

Unknown (Chinese)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
late 18th century
Height:
43.2 cm  (17 in.)
Width:
35.6 cm  (14 in.)
Depth:
1.3 cm  ( 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
watercolor on paper
Place of creation:
Zhongguo [China] (中国 )
School:
Qing Dynasty

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1990.289.7]Gift of Lawrence Creshkoff

Description

This watercolor on paper depicts a woman, whose costume is from the late Qing Dynasty, playing a plucked string instrument (probably ruan).

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Ruan [3434] (Chinese Traditional Instrument. It is a lute with a fretted neck, a circular body, and four strings.)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3596