A large bronze military drum/bell. South-central/South-west China. Late Eastern Zhou/early Western Han dynasty, 3rd century BC

A large bronze military drum/bell. South-central/South-west China. Late Eastern Zhou/early Western Han dynasty, 3rd century BC Of a rounded square cross section, the body swelling gradually toward to top, and ending in a flaring everted tip, on top of the drum a semicircular handle. To the body a large roundel and at the rim a two narrow panels with patterns. A blackish patina. Height 39 cm

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Deocrative Arts

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Köln

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H 39 cm