Han koto
Alternate name(s)
- Zither
Date1850 ca.
Place MadeJapan, Asia
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SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionHollow, pieced-construction wood body with so-called "dragon pool" on backside; bone nut with cord and tassel in pink and green (?), faded; multi-color glass beads used to secure strings on one end; decorative wood veneer (traditionally tortoise shell) on opposite end with silk brocade panel; thirteen (13) silk strings with individual wood bridges, likely not original; metal bushings where strings pass through body; two carved feet remain on one end, feet of opposite end are not extant.
DimensionsOverall length: 750 mm
Width: 235 mm
Height (without bridges): 90 mm
ProvenancePurchased from Ellis Houghton, Newvcastle-Upon-Tyne, England, 1941.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number02194
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1850 ca.
1890-1910 ca.
1900-1940 ca.
1800-1850 ca.