CHINE, FIN DE LA DYNASTIE DES ZHOU ORIENTAUX, CIRCA IVÈME-IIIÈME SIECLE AV. JC

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IMPORTANT TAMBOUR EN BRONZE (CHUNYU)
CHINE, FIN DE LA DYNASTIE DES ZHOU ORIENTAUX, CIRCA IVème-IIIème SIECLE av. JC
De forme cylindrique, la partie supérieure renflée, décorée de trois pictogrammes dont un poisson stylisé en léger relief, la prise en forme de félin au pelage incisé ; légère patine verte
Hauteur: 44,5 cm. (17½ in.)

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A LARGE BRONZE DRUM (CHUNYU)
CHINA, LATE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 4TH/3RD CENTURY BC

Lot Essay

According to Jenny So, in Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York 1995, p.399, the chunyu usually described as bells were used as military drums to signal troups during battles. However, Ma Chengyuan points out in Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Oxford 1986, p.205, that the chenyu of Geng Wu in the collection of the Shanghai Museum is inscribed "To be treasured and played eternally by my sons and grandsons" and therefore concludes that "(...) chenyu was not necessarily a musical instrument used by the army." A similar piece is illustrated in The Third Kubosou Collection, Eguchi Jiro Collection, Kubosou Memorial Museum of Art, Izumi 2001, p.73, pl.132

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