Song Dynasty or earlier Of rectangular section, the instrument well hollowed with a blowing aperture at the bottom and a finger aperture on the back, the front vividly moulded with the face of a bearded foreigner with high cheek-bones, a prominent nose, and piercing eyes beneath furrowed brows, the forehead covered by an embossed cloth below a rectangular tapering hat, covered in a pale sage-green glaze stopping short of the unglazed convex reverse. 7cm (2 3/4in) long (2).