Moon Guitar
51-46-131
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-46-131 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Wood |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Bat |
| Description | Circular body, front of light wood, neck and sides of dark wood. End of neck curves forward and is carved in the shape of a bat. Four long fluted pegs (tapered). Ten frets. Fair condition. Crack in body, and two strings are missing. |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1951 |
| Other Number | 76-1305 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Number | L-238-131 - Old Loan Number | C498 - Seder Number |
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