Hammered dulcimer (yangqin)
late 19th century
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniquePaulownia wood, ivory, lacquer
DimensionsLength 70 cm, width 25 cm, height 11 cm (Length 27 9/16 in., width 9 13/16 in., height 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg
Accession number2012.1387
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1942, sold by Yamanaka & Company, Boston, MA, to Harry B. Braude (d. 1959), MA; 1959, by descent to his daughter, Dorothy Braude Edinburg, Brookline, MA; 2012, year-end gift of Edinburg to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 27, 2013)
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
about 1886
early 20th century
before 1820
1891