An ancient Chinese dynastic engraving of an all-female ensemble of traditional instrumentalists. The ten musicians are playing instruments as follows:
<ul><li>Top left: probably a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaqin" class="extiw" title="en:Yaqin">yaqin</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazheng" class="extiw" title="en:Yazheng">yazheng</a> (bowed zither)</li>
<li>Top center: 5-gong <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/yunluo" class="extiw" title="en:yunluo">yunluo</a> (set of tuned gongs in a frame)</li>
<li>Top right: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sheng" class="extiw" title="en:sheng">sheng</a> (mouth organ)</li>
<li>Center, left: probably a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sanxian" class="extiw" title="en:sanxian">sanxian</a></li>
<li>Center, second from left: probably a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guqin" class="extiw" title="en:guqin">guqin</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guzheng" class="extiw" title="en:guzheng">guzheng</a></li>
<li>Center, second from right: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dizi" class="extiw" title="en:dizi">dizi</a> (transverse flute)</li>
<li>Center, third from right: probably a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/guan_(instrument)" class="extiw" title="en:guan (instrument)">guan</a> (oboe) or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dongxiao" class="extiw" title="en:dongxiao">dongxiao</a> (vertical flute)</li>
<li>Center right: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/paiban" class="extiw" title="en:paiban">paiban</a> (clapper made from several flat pieces of wood)</li>
<li>Bottom left: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/konghou" class="extiw" title="en:konghou">konghou</a> (harp)</li>
<li>Bottom right: probably a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pian_gu" class="extiw" title="en:pian gu">pian gu</a> (drum)</li></ul>
The image is reproduced in Yi Cunguo 易存国, <i>Zhongguo Guqin Yishu</i> 中国古琴艺术 (The Art of Chinese Guqin), Beijing, Renmin Yinyue Chubanshe 人民音乐出版社, 2003,  where it bears the caption "仕女演乐图" ("Drawing of women of the court performing music"). It was a taken from a Ming dynasty edition of <i>Pipa Ji</i> 琵琶記 (The Story of the Lute), <i>Li Zhuowu Ping Ben Pipa Ji</i> 李卓吾評本琵琶記 (Li Zhuowu Critizes Pipa Ji), dated 1573—1619.
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circa 1600 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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