Erxian (二弦)

Medium

Wood, snakeskin, bone, gut, fabric.

Dimensions

W. 2 × D. 4 7/16 × L. 18 15/16 in. (5.1 × 11.2 × 48.1 cm) see card

Classification

Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted

Culture

Chinese

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889

Accession Number

89.2.180