Yuanbai (2)

This qin is named Yuanbai. It was made by Choi Chang-sau in the mid 1980s. This photo shows the back of Yuanbai in Zhongni style.

Date Mid 1980s
Style Zhongni
Size Length (Whole 123 cm, Strings 112 cm); Width (Forehead 18.5 cm, Shoulder 19.8 cm, Tail 14 cm); Thickness 5.3 cm
Weight 3 kg
Body Chinese parasol top; Chinese fir bottom
Accessories Mother-of-pearl inlay markers; Buffalo horn tuning pegs; Rosewood feet; Ebony bridge and tail pieces
Inscription [Chinese inscription]（一）軫池下方篆書「元白」
（二）龍池兩旁楷書銘文：
兀然高出者元 介然不染者白
元者玄 依於禪 白者潔 退於密
茲不可乎復得 撫斯琴兮長憶
文鏡銘 選堂書
（款下篆文「饒宗頤印」、「今荊蠻民」方印各一）
（三）龍池下方篆文「昌壽精斲」圓印、「存誠養德」方印
（四）鳯沼左方篆文「昌壽」方印
Maker's Note This qin is inscribed with Yuanbai, the seventh poem in the Jingzhai Shi’er Qinming. Xu Yuanbai (1893-1957) was Xu Wenjing’s elder brother and a qin player of the Zhejiang School.
People Choi Chang-sau
Object Musical instrument
Material Type Image
Collection The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story
Source Courtesy of Choi Chang-sau
Repository Choi Chang-sau
Note to Copyright Permission for use in Hong Kong Memory is given by Choi Chang-sau
Accession No. lcs-hkqs-0067
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