Watercolor of musician playing gaohu (?)

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 )

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1990.289.4]Gift of Lawrence Creshkoff, 1990

Description

Female musician playing two-string bowed instrument, probably an erhu, as the gaohu was developed later, in the 20th century

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Erhu [3134]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3688