Miniature Koto (箏)

Unknown Artist

mid 19th–late 19th century

Miniature Koto (箏) by Unknown Artist

Medium

wood, lacquer, metal, silk, ivory?

Dimensions

Body: L. 19 1/2 × W. 3 13/16- 4 1/8 × 2 1/8 in. (49.5 × 9.7-10.4 × 5.4 cm) Bridge: H. 1.5 cm x W. 1.2 cm

Classification

Chordophone-Zither-plucked-long zither

Culture

Japanese

Department

Musical Instruments

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889

Accession Number

89.4.112

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