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A BRONZE DRUM, HAN DYNASTY
奥地利
2024年10月18日 开拍
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A BRONZE DRUM, HAN DYNASTY

China, Yunnan, 202 BC-220 AD. Heavily cast, the drumhead is decorated with a central solar medallion exuding 12 rays encircled by concentric geometric bands. The sides are set with two pairs of loop handles with frogs cast above each.

The drum produces a fine, reverberating sound with a deep and sustaining tone.

Provenance: From the private collection of Suzanne Braley, thence by descent. Suzanne Henriette Marguerite Braley (1893-1970) was a banker based in Monte Carlo, Monaco. She also lived in Shanghai between around 1910 and 1920, where she collected Chinese antiques including snuff bottles, porcelain, and paintings.
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age. Wear, signs of weathering, some casting flaws, small losses, nicks, dents, scratches. The bronze is covered overall in a fine, naturally grown, dark patina.

Weight: 13.3 kg
Dimensions: Length 54.5 cm (across handles)

With a mallet and a fitted wood stand supported on six curved legs and finely carved with Buddhist lions, dating from the late Qing dynasty. (3)

Expert's note: Bronze drums such as the present lot are a percussion instrument used by various ethnic groups from the southwest of China. They were popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Hunan Provinces, among which Yunnan and Guangxi have the largest numbers recorded. Both provinces share a border with Vietnam, home to the Dong Son culture, which in turn is well known for its own drums. Applied to sacrifice rituals, the drums were usually used to play music or accompany dance rites.

The Yunnan Provincial Museum
in Kunming houses an important collection of early bronze drums (Warring States through Western Han period) that were excavated from royal burials at Shizhai Shan and other locations in the vicinity of Lake Dian. This part of Yunnan, whose people and language were not originally Han Chinese, had been ruled by the independent Dian kingdom from about 500 BC. Bronzes from this period through the middle Western Han Dynasty (about 100 BC) are unique to the region and share many characteristics with bronze artifacts of Southeast Asia. Their decoration was also influenced by artistic styles of the Eurasian steppe.

After surrendering to Han Wudi
in 109 BC, the Dian kingdom was administered as a frontier commandery of the Han empire. Dian kings were retained as local rulers. From then on, the distinctive Dian regional bronzes were gradually replaced by Han-style bronzes, by the type of cultural assimilation that is called "Sinification" (literally, "becoming Chinese") by Chinese historians.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related but smaller drum in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Bronze Articles for Daily Use, Beijing 2007, number 78.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 29 September 2022, lot 265
Price: EUR 7,800 or approx. EUR 8,400 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A bronze drum, Han dynasty
Expert remark: Note the similar central star medallion and the related forms of decoration. Note the size (51.5 cm).

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