Detail View: The AMICA Library: Goqing (Sonorous Stone)
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.89.4.64
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Chinese
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Title:
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Goqing (Sonorous Stone)
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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19th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1800
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Creation End Date:
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1899
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Materials and Techniques:
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Wood, metal, stone
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Classification Term:
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Idiophone/lithophone/struck
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Dimensions:
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H. 19 in. (48.4 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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89.4.64
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Credit Line:
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The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
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Rights:
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Context:
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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. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.mi89.4.64.R.tif
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