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    "localId": "98690",
    "label": "Moon Lute (Yueqin)",
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    "id": "98690",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Moon Lute (Yueqin)",
    "description": "Its resemblance to the full moon (<em>yue </em>月) gives the <em>yueqin</em> its name. Found in popular ensembles, the Beijing and folk (<em>jingxi</em>) operas and used to accompany song, the yueqin has only recently been embraced by the modern Chinese orchestra. The player presses the strings between the frets making chord playing difficult but giving increased control over the timbre and intonation. Strings are plucked with fingernails or a pick using up-and-down strokes and tremolo techniques that sustain and provide color to a tone. It is known as <em>gekkin</em> in Japan.",
    "date": "1800s",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.382",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Musical Instrument"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.382/1918.382_web.jpg",
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    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "58.4 x 35.6 cm (23 x 14 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)"
    ],
    "accession": "1918.382"
}

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    "tec": "Rosewood, wutong (paulownia) wood, and gut",
    "tombstone": "Moon Lute (Yueqin) (月琴), 1800s. China, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Rosewood, wutong (paulownia) wood, and gut; 58.4 x 35.6 cm (23 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.382",
    "titleInOriginalLanguage": "月琴",
    "collection": "Chinese Art",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "\"Accessions.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 82",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136230"
        },
        {
            "citation": "D. S. M. \"Exhibition of Musical Instruments.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: pp. 134-137",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136517"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.382",
    "creditline": "The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr.",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 05:19:51.365000",
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    "sourceId": 98690,
    "dept": "Chinese Art",
    "coll": "Chinese Art",
    "med": "Rosewood, wutong (paulownia) wood, and gut",
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    "image_url": null
}

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