Tar
Alternate name(s)
- Long-neck lute
Date1925 ca.
Place MadeIran, Asia
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsnone
DescriptionThe tar has a sharply waisted wood resonator, which is painted on this example with figurative panels on a green ground depicting lovers playing the tār and holding wine cups, lions hunting various prey, and roosters and other birds against a floral background. The horn bridge rests on the thin skin of a lamb's fetus. Built probably as a decorative piece, rather than for playing.
DimensionsOver all length: 942 mm
Sounding length of strings: 670 mm
Length of body 340 mm approx.
Width of body: 229 mm
Depth of body: 196 mm approx.
Height of (lower) bridge: 16 mm
Height of nut: 1.5 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1978 from Wurlitzer-Bruck, New York, New York.
Credit LinePurchase funds gift of Barnes and Usher Abell, 1978
Object number02420
On View
Not on view
1925 ca.
1950-1975 ca.
