Beautiful Thai Bronze Rain Drum - FREE SHIPPING

Description

This wonderful piece has an overall design showing elephants, frogs & snail motifs that are believed to be icons of fertility & luck, and would therefore be a great accent piece for any indoor or outdoor space.
This stunning reproduction Thai bronze rain drum is made of cast Bronze, by the centuries old method of “lost wax” technique, and has intricate details carved all around the body & top. This lovely item can be used as either a casual side-table, coffee table, decorative piece or just use the rain drum as a trendy garden feature.
These bronze rain drums are also called “frog” and “kha” drums, and the purpose behind their creation appears to be related to the idea of fertility. The drums are always decorated with frogs, symbols of water and rain, on the perimeter of the top (tympanum). Other decorations are included in concentric rings on the tympanum where a star pattern is found at the center.
The designs range from zoomorphic to geometric motifs, but all are interpretable as fertility symbols, and the booming of the drum, whether set on the ground or suspended by its handles is likened to the roar of distant thunder or the bellow of a bullfrog, harbingers of rain.
The bands incorporating short parallel lines are said to represent rice stalks; the single or double strands of interlaced undulating lines formed into ovals are rice grains; the concentric circle motifs are snails; the lozenges are paddy fields; and the central star is the life-giving sun.
The bronze rain drum measures approximately 65cm dia. wide x 48cm high (26″ dia. wide x 19″ high), and weighs 37kgs(84lbs).
This item is shipped by FedEx/DHL, deliveries worldwide within 7-10 days.
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