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A BRONZE DRUM, HAN DYNASTY
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2023年12月13日 开拍
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A BRONZE DRUM, HAN DYNASTY

China, Yunnan, 202 BC-220 AD. The round instrument supported on a waisted base, the top and sides finely cast in relief with multiple concentric geometric designs including key-fret, triangles, and beads centered by a star design, with pairs of loop handles to either side. The drum produces a clear and distinct sound.

Provenance: From a private collection in Berlin, Germany, acquired before 2007.
Condition: Good condition commensurate with age showing extensive wear and weathering, some casting flaws, small losses, nicks, dents, scratches, and a minor old repair. Fine, naturally grown patina with a lustrous dark hue. All as expected from a bronze drum with an age of roughly two millennia.

Weight: 15.8 kg
Dimensions: Height 27.4 cm, Diameter 54.5 cm

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 8,500 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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