Goqing
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Wood, metal, stone
- Dimensions
- Height: 19 in. (48.3 cm)
- Origin
- Chinese
- Department
- Musical Instruments
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Music Both · 99%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a Goqing and an idiophone struck-bar-stone; the image clearly shows a suspended instrument with a stone sounding body.
Visual Qualities
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 90%
The wooden stand combines a decorative top finial, curved feet, layered base construction, and contrasting light-colored linear accents.
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Symmetrical Visual · 84%
The stand is organized around a central upright with balanced left-right structural elements, producing a strongly symmetrical designed form despite the slightly angled view.
Medium and Techniques
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Suspended/Hanging Visual · 99%
The broad stone element is visibly suspended from a chain attached to the upper portion of the wooden support.
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Carving Visual · 80%
The finial and portions of the stand display shaped and carved-looking ornamental details, especially along the upper upright and feet.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the object to the 19th century, with date bounds of 1800–1899.
Geographic Regions
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Chinese Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog gives the place of origin as Chinese.
Materials
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Wood Both · 98%
Wood is listed in the medium, and the image clearly shows the stand, upright, base, and carved-looking finial in wood.
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Metal Both · 97%
Metal is listed in the medium, and the chain, rings, and suspension fittings are visibly metallic.
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Stone Both · 98%
Stone is listed in the medium, and the large dark suspended sounding element is visibly stone.
Antiquities, Artifacts, and Religious Objects
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Musical Instrument Metadata · 99%
The museum classification identifies the object as a Goqing, an idiophone struck-bar-stone, within the Musical Instruments department.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Goqing. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.