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Gou Diao
Unknownca.205 B.C. - 24 A.D.
Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
Guangzhou, China
This Gou Diao is a percussion instrument native to the Yue people. It is made of 8 bronze pieces that weighed 191 kilograms. Each of the pieces bears a line of inscription that tells the instrument was cast in 129 BC by the Ministry of Music.
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Details
- Title: Gou Diao
- Creator Nationality: China
- Creator Gender: Unknown
- Creator Death Place: China
- Creator Birth Place: China
- Date: ca.205 B.C. - 24 A.D.
- Provenance: Museum of the Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King
- Type: Bronze
- Object type: Musical Instrument
- Craftsman: Unknown
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