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Exhibition Detail Group Show Silk and Bamboo: Music and Art of China The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. New York, NY 10028-0918 September 5th - February 7th, 2010
	Seated musician , Tang dynasty (618–907), White marble, H. 5 1/2 in © Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Pipa , China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), late 15th or early 16th century, Wood, ivory, bone, silk, l. 37 in. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art /Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950 Muyu, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Wood, polychrome © The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bell, China, Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 B.C.), Bronze, H. 6 1/16 in. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art	< \|\| >

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This display of approximately 80 musical instruments and works of the art from the Museum’s collection will provide an historic record of Chinese musical practices from the fifth century to the present day.

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