Playing the Qin by Moonlight (Dui yue ming qin tu 對月鳴琴圖)
Playing the Qin by Moonlight (Dui yue ming qin tu 對月鳴琴圖)
Playing the Qin by Moonlight (Dui yue ming qin tu 對月鳴琴圖)
Playing the Qin by Moonlight (Dui yue ming qin tu 對月鳴琴圖)

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Playing the Qin by Moonlight (Dui yue ming qin tu 對月鳴琴圖),

undated; mid–16th century

Anonymous
Chinese
Ming dynasty, 1368–1644
y1947-132
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Title
Playing the Qin by Moonlight (Dui yue ming qin tu 對月鳴琴圖)
Dates

undated; mid–16th century

Maker
Anonymous
Medium
Hanging scroll; ink on silk
Dimensions
Painting: 141 x 79 cm. (55 1/2 x 31 1/8 in.) Mount: 298.3 x 99 cm. (117 7/16 x 39 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of DuBois Schanck Morris, Class of 1893
Object Number
y1947-132
Place Made

Asia, China

Signatures
unsigned
Marks/Labels/Seals
Five characters in ink on label adhered to edge of rolled scroll
Culture
Chinese
Period
Ming
Type
paintings, hanging scrolls, scroll paintings, chinese painting styles
Subject
night, figures (representations), moons, musicians, boys, cliffs, qin (long zithers), musical instruments, men

1898 – ca. 1926 acquired in China by DuBois Schanck Morris (1873-1956), based in Anhui, China; 1947 gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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