Pipa (琵琶 ), late 16th–early 17th century
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Pipa (琵琶 )

late 16th–early 17th century

Medium
Wood, ivory, bone, silk
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Dimensions
L. 37 × W. 9 15/16 × D. 1 1/8 in. (94 × 25.3 × 2.9 cm) see measurements drawing
Culture
Chinese
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Instruments
Credit line
Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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