Play and performance
Detail from the anonymous One Hundred Children Scroll Detail from the anonymous One Hundred Children Scroll. Ink and colours on silk. Ming dynasty, 16th century AD showing musicians. Underglaze blue porcelain plate with three figures in a pavilion watching boys playing with a ball. (10.25 inch diameter). Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Woodcut print depicting man and woman seated and playing a game of weiqi. Late Ming dynasty.
Woodcut print. Colours on paper, 17th century AD
Shadow puppet – tiger Shadow puppet- horse
Shadow puppet – sedan chair
Full moon guitar, 19th century Erhu, China 19th cent.
Plate showing a lady playing the qin. (9 inch diameter) Plate showing a lady playing the qin. (9 inch diameter). Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-35).