Accession No

1988.204 D


Description

Musical instrument, a bamboo flute, end blown, with finial missing.


Place

Asia; East Asia; China; Beijing


Period


Source

Richards, Dorothy Pilley (Mrs) [collector]; Richards, Ivor Armstrong (Dr) [collector]; Luckett, Richard (Dr) [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1988.204 D


Cultural Affliation


Material

Bamboo


Local Term

xiao


Measurements

26mm x 26mm x 753mm


Events

Exhibition (Spotlight Gallery)
EXH.2018.6 | More than Music
Event Date
Author: Mark Elliott


Description (CMS Description)
Bamboo Chinese flute; Good; Whole
Event Date 27/4/1988
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
Flute bought in 1927 from temples north of Peking; Collected by: Richards.Dr.I.A; Richards.Mrs.I.A in 1927
Event Date 27/4/1988
Author: maa


Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2016.3601 | Assessment Only
Event Date 23/11/2016
Author: Rachel Howie


Description (Physical description)
End blown flute with finial missing. Noted by Matthew Hill, Royal College of Music MINIM project cataloguer and photographer.

Event Date 15/5/2017
Author: Remke Velden


Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2018.4183 | Remedial
Event Date 11/9/2018
Author: Kirstie Williams


Context (Display)
Exhibited in MAA's Spotlight Gallery, More than Music: Collecting Kun Opera, 16 October 2018- 13 May 2019.
This was a collaboration with the Cambridge Rivers Project to celebrate the launch of the Digital Museum of Kun Opera. It highlights Kun or Kunqu, one of the oldest forms of traditional Chinese Opera, through musical instruments associated with it and through creative responses by artists from the UK and China.
Event Date 24/5/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin


FM:80056

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