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Pair of cymbals (chap lek)


Pair of cymbals (chāp lek)
early 20th century
Object Place: Thailand

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Diameters 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Doris Duke's Southeast Asian Art Collection
Accession Number2004.399a-b
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsIdiophones

ProvenanceBy 1993, likely acquired with the assistance of François Duhau de Bérenx, Bangkok, by Doris Duke (1912-1993), Somerset County, New Jersey; 1993, by inheritance to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York; 2004, gift of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 23, 2004)