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Bamboo is the typical material for end-blown flutes, but special decorative ones have sometimes been produced. This molded porcelain tube, marked "Lin Chao Jing," mimics bamboo and is decorated at each end with a vegetal meander, a "Greek key" pattern, and a leaf design. That the instrument is playable is remarkable, as probably only one out of two hundred fired would sound correctly.
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Title: Xiao
Period: Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Date: 18th–19th century
Geography: Fukien province, China
Culture: Chinese
Medium: Porcelain
Dimensions: 22 7/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (58.1 × 3.5 × 3.5 cm)
Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-end-blown flute (vertical)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1988
Accession Number: 1988.91
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