Beiliu type six-frog bronze drum

[Beiliu type six-frog bronze drum]

Beiliu type six-frog bronze drum has a height of 54.7 cm, a face diameter of 98 cm, and a foot diameter of 99.4 cm
This drum is thick and massive, with its face protruding from the neck of the drum, and its face folded down into a “hanging eave”. It is a Beiliu bronze drum
This drum is decorated with patterns. Drum surface, 3-string halo, 18 halo, 1 halo decoration has been blurred, 2, 9, 11, 16, 18 halo decoration mat pattern, 3, 8, 14 halo decoration four out of money pattern, 4, 7, 10, 13, 15 halo decoration cloud pattern, 6, 12, 17 halo decoration round money pattern, 5 halo decoration semicircle filling line pattern; There are 6 frogs on the edge of the drum, and one pair of squatting frogs is symmetrically arranged. Drum body, chest 6 halos, 1 halo is decorated with four money patterns, 2, 3, 5 halos are decorated with thunder patterns, 4 halos are decorated with round money patterns, 6 halos are decorated with mat patterns; The waist is 9 halos, 1, 9 halos are decorated with four coin patterns, 2, 4, 7, 8 halos are decorated with thunder patterns, 3, 6 halos are decorated with round coin patterns, and 5 halos are decorated with mat patterns; The feet are 7 halos, 1 and 2 halos are decorated with round money patterns, 3 and 6 halos are decorated with thunder patterns, 4 halos are decorated with four-petal patterns, 5 and 7 halos are decorated with mat patterns. Ears are decorated with breast nails and plait patterns in the middle
According to the four coin patterns on the bronze drum, it can be inferred that the upper limit of the casting and use age of this type of bronze drum can only be after the second year of Zhongping (186) of the Lingdi Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

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