Drum
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
1900 - 1930
Materials
Wood, Skin
Measurements
150 mm (Height); 320 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335387
Summary
Chinese wooden drum, painted red with studding and parchment skin drum panel at each end, stretched over and fixed to sides with metal studs. One panel showing a four toed green scaly dragon, the other showing a stylised bird in blue and pink colours. Metal hanging loop each side, were painted red.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.