Sujet

Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum: Chinese Yue-kin, or Moon Guitar, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

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Musical Instruments in the South Kensington Museum: Chinese Yue-kin, or Moon Guitar, 1870. Stringed instrument '...mounted with four silken strings, arranged in two pairs, each pair in unison, producing two tones, which are tuned at the interval of a fifth from each other. The strings are twanged with a plectrum, or with the Chinaman's long nails'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A49_214

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

61,4Mo (1,4Mo) / 36,6cm x 42,0cm / 4328 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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