Pipa, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), late 16th–early 17th century, China, Chinese, Wood, ivory, bone, silk, L. 37 × W. 9 15/16 × D. 1 1/8 in. (94 × 25.3 × 2.9 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, The pear-shaped lute slowly migrated from Central Asia into China during the Han and Sui dynasties (1st-7th century). It eventually became the pipa; the term describes the original playing motion of the plectrum held in the performer's right hand: p'i, 'to play forward' (toward the left), and p'a, 'to play backward' (toward the right)
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Pipa, Ming dynasty, 1368-1644, late 16th–early 17th century, China, Chinese, Wood, ivory, bone, silk, L, 37, W, 9 15/16, D, 1 1/8, 94, 25.3, 2.9 cm, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted, pear-shaped, lute, slowly, migrated, Central Asia, Han, Sui dynasties, 1st-7th, eventually, pipa, term describes, original playing, motion, plectrum held, performer, right hand, p, play forward, left, backward, right
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