Sgra-Snyan, 14th–16th century, Tibet, Tibetan, Carved wood, skin, gesso, gilding, Height: 42 15/16 in. (109 cm), Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted, The ancient 'silk route', running from the Mediterranean to Sian in east central China, made Central Asia a meeting place of many cultures. This lute, an extraordinary example of musical exchange between East and West, is similar to instruments played by angels depicted in seventh-century Buddhist cave paintings
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Sgra-Snyan, 14th–16th century, Tibet, Tibetan, Carved wood, skin, gesso, gilding, Height, 42 15/16, 109 cm, Chordophone-Lute-plucked-unfretted, ancient, silk route, running, Mediterranean, Sian, east central, China, Central Asia, meeting place, cultures, lute, extraordinary example, musical exchange, East, West, instruments played, angels depicted, seventh-century Buddhist, cave, paintings
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