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Is “Guqin (古琴 )” in the public domain?

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Yes. “Guqin (古琴 )” is public domain and released under CC0, so it is free to download and reuse for any purpose, including commercially, with no permission needed.

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Who created “Guqin (古琴 )”?

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Prince Lu (1634).

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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Yes. As a CC0 public-domain work it can be used commercially, modified and redistributed with no fee and no attribution required.

Title	Guqin (古琴 )
Artist	Prince Lu
Date	1634 17th century
Medium	Wood (wutong and zi), silk, jade, lacquer, mother-of-pearl
Classification	Chordophone-Zither-plucked-long zither
Origin	Chinese Chinese
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, Seymour Fund, The Boston Foundation Gift, Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1999
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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