Ximeng frog decorated with bronze drum

[Ximeng type frog decorated with bronze drum]

Ximeng type frog decorated with bronze drum, with a height of 48.1 cm, a face diameter of 64.3 cm, and a foot diameter of 52.4 cm
This drum is tall and thin, with wide face, protruding edge, and thin body. It is a cylindrical shape with big top and small bottom. There is no boundary mark on chest, waist and foot. There are two pairs of flat ears, the ear lattice is fork-shaped, naturally forming triangular hole ears. This drum should be a Ximeng bronze drum
The drum body is decorated with patterns. The drum surface is divided into three strings or two strings, with a total of 22 halos, 1 halo decorated with solar pattern of 12 awns, inter-heart-shaped plus line pattern, with concentric circle pattern as the main pattern, 2-5, 17-20 halo decorated with comb pattern with concentric circle pattern band, 6, 10, 16 halo decorated with line lightning pattern, 7, 8, 13, 14 halo decorated with flying bird and Dingsheng pattern as the main pattern, 9, 15 halo decorated with bird pattern, 11 halo decorated with square pattern, 12 halo decorated with comb pattern, 21 halo decorated with grain pattern, 22 halo decorated with lightning pattern, and the four sides outside halo decorated with three round flowers, The edge of the face is decorated with a lotus petal pattern, three crouching frogs and a single frog are arranged counterclockwise. The drum body is decorated with 6 patterns on the chest, 1 and 6 halos are decorated with thunder patterns, and 2-5 halo bands are the same as the drum surface; The middle and lower waist bands are basically the same as the drum surface, only the upper part of the middle and the lower part of the waist have one more line filling thunder pattern; There are three foot patterns, 1 halo weave pattern plus concentric circle pattern, 2 halo thunder pattern plus line, 3 halo comb pattern, and foot edge feather pattern. There is a strip pattern on both sides of the drum, which is pressed under each string pattern. String pattern of drum earrings
The casting of this drum is all formed by the wax loss method. The process has been significantly innovated, and the pattern is stamped with a plate. According to the type of drum unearthed from the Tang Dynasty tombs in Longzhou, Guangxi, the casting age of this drum can be as early as the Tang Dynasty.

西盟型蛙饰铜鼓面西盟型蛙饰铜鼓局部西盟型蛙饰铜鼓内侧