Two-thousand-year-old Southern Chinese frog drum. Rare to find in such a complete condition- usually only found in fragmentary condition. Museum piece. It is part of a group of 8 drums that I bought as a group from a large estate in the late 1990s. They were collected in 1972 by an American in Air America (CIA) who was based in eastern Thailand. As per his relative who was dispersing the estate, he bought the group of drums in Luang Prabang (Laos) as he flew Americans in and out of Laos. It is the first large purchase that got my business going (even before I started my website in 2001). It has been examined by the Chinese curator from the Emeritus Asian Art Museum, who verified its authenticity. Stands 15 inches tall, top diameter is 26 inches. The one close example I can find was up at a Christie's auction in Amsterdam which was being sold with a miniature example as well. The two drums had a pre-auction estimate of 50,000 gilders for the pair in the 1980s. The opening bid lowered significantly. We will pack and ship in-house.