Lute
51-46-118
From: Canton
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Native Name | Sanxian |
| Object Number | 51-46-118 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | Canton |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood | Snakeskin | Ivory |
| Description | Sanxian. 3 stringed, dark wood with snakeskin sounding board and ivory mountaints. Long dark wood neck curled back in scrooll. 3 tapering hexagonal pegs. Poor condition; strings missing, metal strips between head and body loose, heads broken on both sides. |
| Length | 91 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | 76-1302 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-118 - Old Loan Number | C485 - Seder Number |
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