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yangqin

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  • Other Name

    yang qin (Chinese)

    butterfly piano (common)

    dulcimer (English)

  • Description

    dulcimer, wood, butterfly shape, lacquered with gold decoration, separate lid depicts seven gods of luck seated on a terrace, forty-two metal strings (three broken), forty-two faceted metal pegs, forty-two square pegs, fourteen ivory and metal bridges, two soundholes covered with carved ivory rosettes, small drawer with metal handle which holds metal hammer with decoration and Chinese characters, four thin bamboo pluckers

    1 yang gin

    maker unknown, China, [mid 19th century]

    wood, metal, 118 x 767 x 307 mm

    1998.60.146 Castle 225 (presented 1962)

    The lid of the dulcimer depicts the seven gods of luck seated on a terrace.

    This dulcimer was presented by ‘a Chinese widow from Rotorua’.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1998.60.146
  • Accession Date
    10 Oct 1998
  • Other Id

    225 (Castle)

  • Department
dulcimer

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