Yuping Xiao
The Yuping xiao, an end-blown flute from Guizhou province (south-west China), provides a softer, more refined tone than more robust sounding versions used in ensembles. These qualities, associated with scholar’s instruments, make it suitable for solo playing or for duets with the qin (fretless long zither). Some xiao like this one have poems inscribed on them.
Artwork Details
- Title: Yuping Xiao
- Maker: Zhishan Zheng (Chinese, 1814–1892)
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- Date: ca. 1890
- Geography: Tongren, Guizhou, China
- Culture: Chinese
- Medium: Xui bamboo (water bamboo)
- Dimensions: L. 25 9/16 × Diam. 9/16 in. (65 × 1.4 cm)
- Classification: Aerophone-Blow Hole-end-blown flute (vertical)
- Credit Line: Gift of James C. Y. Watt, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.500
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments
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