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Changde Chunyu (Bronze drum with a human figure)
The top loop is missing and the rim on the top surface is broken. Made of Bronze. The drum is tall, large and heavy with an oval shaped cross-section. The body of the drum is hollow in the middle. The sides rise straight upwards from the bottom of the drum before swelling into a gourd-like shape. The top surface is flat. A flat rim surrounds the top surface with a hollow-cast tiger in the middle. The tiger has a side profile of a human figure cast to the left and a boat design to the right. There are fish and triangular cloud patterns behind the human figure.
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Western Han dynasty - Maker:
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Hunan Museum - Inventory number:
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China - Hornbostel-Sachs classification:111.242.121 (Individual) suspended bells struck from the outside
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- Materials:Bronze
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- Hornbostel-Sachs category:111.242.121 (Individual) suspended bells struck from the outside
- Repository:Hunan Museum
- Measurements:Total height: 51.2cm, height of the loop: 8.0cm, diameter of the top surface: 26.0-20.3cm, diameter around the shoulders: 32.4-27.0cm, diameter of the base: 20.3-16.9cm, weight: 6.0kg