COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL030529tr
Reference Number:
Chinese Drawings 27
Image Title:
Chinese musical instruments
Parent Work Title:
Chinese Drawings: Musical Instruments
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Crawford Chinese Collection: Illustrations
Date Created:
c1780
Volume:
27
Page/Sheet:
Plate 9
Image Sequence Number:
009
Description:
Illustrated: painting. 1: Mongol / Tartar mandolin with 4 strings; 2: small Chinese violin, has 2 strings through which the bow passes. In Chinese: Cantonese dialect.
Subject:
Musical instruments
Subject:
Art, Chinese
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Places Covered:
China
Item Height:
475 mm
Item Width:
395 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
Zheng Yaying and John B.W. Deane, Handlist of the Chinese Collections in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (unpublished catalogue, 1991)
Image Creation Technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, June 2004
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Rylands
Chinese musical instruments
