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Explore the differences between the instruments and scales used in Chinese and Indonesian music traditions
Gini Gorlinski, associate editor of music and dance of Encyclopædia Britannica,...
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Liangzhu ceremonial cong
Ceremonial cong of jade (calcined nephrite), 3rd millennium bc,...
The Seattle Art Museum, purchased by the Foster family in memory of Albert O. Foster, photographed by Paul Macapia
Chinese earthenware amphora
Chinese earthenware amphora, Neolithic Period, c. 6500–1500 bce;...
Photograph by chungj 415. Honolulu Academy of Art, gift of the Honorable Edgar Bromberger, 1950 1023.1
Koryŏ dynasty vase
Korean bottle with a celadon glaze and mishima (inlaid decoration), Koryŏ...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, Wilfrid Walter
Hiroshige: Full Moon at Mochizuki
No. 26 Full Moon at Mochizuki, wood-block print from the series “Sixty-nine...
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bugaku performance
Bugaku, a court dance adapted to Japanese tastes from the dance and music...
G. Haasch/ZEFA
Hokusai: The Breaking Wave off Kanagawa
The Breaking Wave off Kanagawa, woodblock colour print by Hokusai, from...
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Korean bottle with a celadon glaze
Korean bottle with a celadon glaze and inlaid decoration, Goryeo dynasty, 13th century;...
Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; photograph, Wilfrid Walter
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