Xiao (簫)
Used in Confucian ceremonies including weddings and funerals, this end blown notched flute of southeast China and Taiwan, was created by disassembling a panpipe called paixiao and placing equidistant fingerholes on each pipe. Often associated with scholars, some xiao have poems inscribed on them. The Japanese shakuhachi is said to be a descendant of the xiao, which is known as dosho in Japan.
Artwork Details
- Title: Xiao (簫)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Date: late 19th century
- Geography: China
- Culture: Chinese
- Medium: Purple Bamboo
- Dimensions: L. 26 5/8 × Diam. 7/8 in. (67.6 × 2.3 cm)
- Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-end-blown flute (vertical)
- Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
- Object Number: 89.4.60
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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