A DÔNG SON HEGER I DRUM TOPPED BY FOUR FROGS
- Continental Southeast Asia (Vietnam)
- Dông Son culture
- Pre-classic, late Bronze Age to Iron Age - Dông Son period (5th-2nd century BC)
- 3rd - 1st century BC
- Bronze
- H. 51,5 cm x max Ø 78,4 cm (only tympanum 76 cm)
The Heger I type drum showcases a captivating design featuring a circular band of flying cranes rotating in an anti-clockwise direction around a central star motif. Another band showcases stylized representations of feathermen. The body of the drum exhibits an inward slanting profile, a characteristic commonly found in the Red River delta, which serves as the homeland of the Dong Son culture and its people.
- Publication :
Karim & Isabelle Grusenmeyer, Damien Woliner, A World of Sculptures, Brussels, 2016
- External certificates or test reports :
• The Art Loss Register, London, carried out a search on this object and declared it matchless (ref. # S00036930, 6th of May 2010).
• Drawings by Raf De Martelaere
Photo credit : Studio Asselberghs – Frédéric Dehaen
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