Jew's harp (kouqin)
19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueIron
DimensionsLength 12.2 cm, width 2.9 cm, thickness 1.1 cm (Length 4 13/16 in., width 1 1/8 in., thickness 7/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2140
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
mid-late 18th century
mid-19th to early 20th century
early to mid-19th century
19th century
Late 18th–early 19th century
18th century (?)
early 14th century
mid to late 19th century
mid to late 19th century
about 1890–1900