Lute

Description

Six-stringed lute, with inscribed ivory mounts, and silken strings plucked with a plectrum: China, probably 19th century

Museum reference

A.1911.232.32

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Lute

Production information

China, East Asia

Materials

Ivory, Silk

Associations

Neil Gordon Munro Collection

Exhibitions

• Man and Music (16 Aug 1983 - 15 Jan 1984)
  Royal Scottish Museum