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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  July 2017 Art & Antique Auction
• Sale Date:
  25 Jul 2017 ~ 10am (NZ time) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 368
  25 Jul 2017 ~ 5pm (NZ time) Session 2: Lots 380 - 812
• Lot #:
  324
• Lot Description:
  An antique bronze Southeast-Asian frog drum (rain drum)
  the circular mildly dished top on a wide waisted and flared base, all with fine ribbed and geometrically banded cast relief detail, star centre to the top, four raised and stylised animal forms to the rim, the sides with conforming lug handles and decoration. Good old green patina. Diameter 615m height 450.
• Notes:
  Dating as far back as 1000B.C., the Dong Son culture of Vietnam was arguably the earliest civilisation in Southeast Asia to enter the Bronze Age. In some of the most ancient burial sites of this culture are examples of these cast bronze drums......". See label attached.
• Estimate:
  NZ$1,400 - 1,400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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