Yuping Xiao

ca. 1890

Not on view

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.

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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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