Brief:
Lengjia Shanmin qin
Dizhong style
Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644)
Length 115 cm; width (forehead 19 cm, shoulder 19 cm, tail 12 cm); thickness 6 cm
It is made of wood and lacquered in dark chestnut-brown. The lacquer has cracked in ‘rippling water’
and ‘cracked ice’ patterns. The name of the qin, Lengjia Shanmin, is the name (hao) of a person.