Hanging scroll (mounted on panel)
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Dai Kui Breaking His Zither (qin)

Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)

16th century

Medium
Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink and color on silk
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
H x W (image): 118.4 x 62.5 cm (46 5/8 x 24 5/8 in)
Culture
Chinese
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Asian Art
Credit line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), 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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