Country Group: China, Japan and Korea

Item id: 9889

Two-thousand-year-old Han frog drum from Yunnan, China. Rare to find in such a complete condition- usually only found in fragmentary condition. Museum piece. Stands 15 inches tall, top diameter is 26 inches. This is different than the S.E. Asian type, which while also rare, is not from China. I The one close example I can find was offered at a Christie's auction in Amsterdam which was being sold with a miniature example. The two drums had a pre-auction estimate of 50,000 gilders for the pair in the 1980s, which was in the range of $10,000. There are more of the Vietnamese and Laos/Thai/Burmese drums as compared to these extremely early and rare Chinese examples (circa 200 BC to 200 AD)Starting price cut more than 50% ( 15"H x 23" Diameter)