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Qin made by Min Rujue
The top surface of the qin is made of platane wood and the bottom surface is made of ovate catalpa wood. The cap corner (guanjue), bridge (yueshan) and dew-receptor (chenglu) are all made of padauk wood, and are not painted. There are no tuning pegs, peg protectors or goose feet. The inlays are made of mother-of-pearl. There are no cracks (duanwen) on the surfaces of the qin, which are painted with black lacquer. The rectangular sound retainers are shallow.
- Date:
1829 - Maker:
Min Rujue - Collection:
Hunan Museum - Inventory number:
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China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:314.122 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither)
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- Materials:Platane wood, ovate catalpa wood
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- Inscriptions:An inscription about the maker and the date that the instrument was made is carved above the large sound hole and its sound retainer. |An oval-shaped vertical text box referencing the maker is written above the small sound hole.|The qin has no signatures or seals.
- Hornbostel-Sachs category:314.122 True board zithers with resonator box (box zither)
- Repository:Hunan Museum
- Measurements:Total length: 118cm, string length: 110cm, width of the forehead: 17.5cm, width of the shoulders: 18.2cm, width of the tail: 12.2cm, the large sound hole is 22.3cm long and 2.6cm wide, the small sound hole is 12cm long and 2.4cm wide.