Tiger Phoenix Frame Hanging Drum

Tiger Phoenix Frame Hanging Drum

Cultural relics of Hubei Provincial Museum. Tiger Phoenix Hanging Drum, also known as Tiger Phoenix Hanging Drum or Tiger Bird Hanging Drum. Excavated from Tomb No. 2 of the Warring States Chu Dynasty in Jiuliandun, Hubei, it is a typical representative artifact of Chu musical instruments. This is one of the largest tiger shaped phoenix frame drums excavated from a Chu tomb in China. Its height is about 1 meter, with symmetrically arranged double phoenixes and double tigers as the drum frame. The base consists of two crouching tigers with their backs facing each other, with a phoenix standing on each tiger's back. The overall shape of the work is unique and elegant, with exquisite design, reflecting the designer's brilliant imagination and superb artistic expression, and possessing strong Chu cultural characteristics.