 | |  | Free reed (guguai) 19th century Nanjing, China Height 3.2 cm, length 6.5 cm, diameter 4 cm (Height 1 1/4 in., length 2 9/16 in., diameter 1 9/16 in.) Bamboo Classification: Musical instrumentsObject is currently not on view Museum of Fine Arts, BostonLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection, 1917 Accession number: 17.2103Provenance/Ownership History: Francis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in honor of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)This object is included in the following Selected Tour(s):
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