Dongxiao (1)

This qin, named Dongxiao, was made in Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) and was acquired by Lee Chun-yuen, Otto. The photo shows the front of Dongxiao in Fuxi style.

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Date	960-1127
Style	Fuxi
Size	Length (Whole 123 cm, Strings 111 cm); Width (Forehead 22.3 cm, Shoulder 20.7 cm, Tail 14.5 cm); Thickness 5.8 cm
Weight	3.2 kg
Body	Wood species are obscured by the white paint in the cavity belly
Accessories	Mother-of-pearl inlay markers; Ivory tuning pegs; Red sandalwood feet, bridge and tail pieces
Lacquer Characteristics	Lacquered in black. Top and bottom surfaces show “small snake belly” and “water-ripple” crack patterns, respectively
Inscription	[Chinese inscription]（一）軫池下方行書「洞簫」（二）龍池兩旁行書銘文：凝神爽志舒懷怡情（三）龍池下方篆文「唐凱」方印註：唐凱是清朝康熙末至乾隆年間（十八世紀）的大收藏家，舊藏甚豐，亦喜改斲舊琴，藏「一池波」、「猿嘯青蘿」、「松篁戛玉」、「鳴岡」等琴。
Collector's Note	The timbre of this qin is calm, penetrating and smooth with a lingering charm. Once collected by a qin musician in Guangdong, it later passed into the poessession of a qin enthusiast in Japan before eventually returning to Hong Kong. Mr Tung, the photographer of a book on collection of qins, has detected some possible characters beneath the paint at the position of the dragon pond and the phoenix pool through infrared imaging techniques.
Object	Musical instrument
Material Type	Image
Collection	The Legend of Silk and Wood: A Hong Kong Qin Story
Source	Courtesy of Lee Chun-yuen, Otto
Repository	Lee Chun-yuen, Otto
Note to Copyright	Copyright expires
Accession No.	lcs-hkqs-0010

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