A musician and a boy, with a yang qin (""foreign zither"") and small bagpipes

Collection

Identifier

Mx04-023

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Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: Mx04-023. Cadbury Research Library archive finding number: DA26/2/2/3 (John Preston Maxwell Papers). The yang qin or 'foreign zither' is a hammered dulcimer introduced into China in about the eighteenth century, originally from Persia (Iran). The musician is holding a pair of delicate wooden beaters.

Caption in album or on mount

A musician

Estimated Date

1900s

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

Cadbury Research Library (Special Collections), University of Birmingham