id: 98646 accession number: 1918.346 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1918.346 updated: 2021-01-13 10:04:45.623000 Vina, c. 1850. India, British Period (1858-1947). Painted and gilded wood with ivory veneers and inlay; copper alloy frets; iron alloy strings (with one modern copper replacement); overall: 95.2 x 15.3 cm (37 1/2 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King, Jr. Collection. Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King, Jr. 1918.346 title: Vina title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1850 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1920 current location: creditline: The Charles G. King, Jr. Collection. Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King, Jr. copyright: --- culture: India, British Period (1858-1947) technique: Painted and gilded wood with ivory veneers and inlay; copper alloy frets; iron alloy strings (with one modern copper replacement) department: Indian and Southeast Asian Art collection: Indian Art type: Musical Instrument find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 95.2 x 15.3 cm (37 1/2 x 6 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art opening date: 1945-10-02T05:00:00 Exhibition of the Month: Music in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 2, 1945-February 4, 1946). title: Art and Stories from Mughal India opening date: 2016-07-31T04:00:00 Art and Stories from Mughal India. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (July 31-October 23, 2016). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Ralph King [1855-1926], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1918 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1918- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Many paintings of Indian court life depict female musicians holding and playing this kind of lightweight stringed instrument. Throughout most of Mughal history, music was a constant component of the courtly experience. During the early years of the Cleveland Museum of Art, arms and armor, jewelry, and musical instruments like this vina were among the first donated works --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85. page number: Mentioned: p. 82 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136230 D. S. M. "Exhibition of Musical Instruments." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43. page number: Mentioned: pp. 134-137 url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136517 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.346/1918.346_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.346/1918.346_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1918.346/1918.346_full.tif