Moon Guitar

51-46-131

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 51-46-131
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Date Made 19th Century
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Technique Carved
Iconography Bat
Description

Circular body, front of light wood, neck and sides of dark wood. End of neck curves forward and is carved in the shape of a bat. Four long fluted pegs (tapered). Ten frets. Fair condition. Crack in body, and two strings are missing.

Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951
Other Number 76-1305 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-131 - Old Loan Number | C498 - Seder Number

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