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Jing

20th century
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Jing is a gong hung from a frame that is used in court and vernacular music. It is struck with a cloth-covered mallet to create softer tones. Depending on the force of the strike, gentle, prolonged sounds or loud, crashing ones may be sounded.

Description: Flat brass disc with rim bent at slight inward angle, with heavy, orange-red suspension cord inserted through two holes pierced in rim; tip and part of rim darkened with design of concentric circles scraped into top; with beater of twisted straw

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Jing
  • Date: 20th century
  • Geography: Korea
  • Culture: Korean
  • Medium: Brass?, cord
  • Dimensions: Diam.: 38.7 cm (15-1/4 in.); W. of rim: 8.6 cm (3-38 in.)
  • Classification: Idiophone-Struck-gong
  • Credit Line: Gift of Daewoo Group, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.28.10a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments

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