Trans-Asias: Early Modern Stories from the Courtauld

A collaborative student research project

led by Prof Sussan Babaie, Dr Stephen Whiteman, and Dr Henning von Mirbach in partnership with the website Things That Talk.

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Pipa (琵琶 ) i Pipa, late 15th–early 16th century Wood, ivory, bone, silk; L. 94 x W. 25.3 x D. 2.9 cm (37 x 9 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.) Total L. 94 cm (37 in.); L. of body 58.4 cm (23 in.); W. of body at maximum point 25.3 cm (10 in.); Depth of body at maximum point 2.9 cm (1-1/8 in.); L. of pegs 11 cm (4-3/8 in.); Vibrating L. of strings 68.7 (27 in.) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950 (50.145.74) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/503651

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