COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.89.4.64
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Name-CRT:
Chinese
Title:
Goqing (Sonorous Stone)
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
19th century
Creation Start Date:
1800
Creation End Date:
1899
Materials and Techniques:
Wood, metal, stone
Classification Term:
Idiophone/lithophone/struck
Dimensions:
H. 19 in. (48.4 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
89.4.64
Credit Line:
The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Context:
Carefully incised veins suggest a downwardly curving lotus leaf of dark nephrite jade. The goqing once sounded to announce the arrival and rank of a guest or to denote the length of a pause following the completion of a musical piece. The great importance of sonorous substances, such as wood and stones, among the percussion instruments of the Far East stems from the religious belief that nature itself speaks to the human ear through this vibrating matter.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.mi89.4.64.R.tif
