Yujianmingquan (sound of a brook flowing over rocks) qin
Shennong (cultivation of the spirit) style
Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen period (1628 – 1644) ??????
Length 123 cm; string length 113 cm; width (forehead cm, shoulder 19.2 cm, tail 13.5 cm) thickness 6 cm
The top is made of tong wood and lacquered in black. The bottom is made of catalpa wood and lacquered in chestnut-brown. The lacquer has fractured in ‘rippling water,’ ‘cracked ice’ and ‘tortoiseshell’