• Dimension: Height: 17 in (43.2 cm) Width: 17 3/4 in (45 cm)
• Estimate From: $9000
• Estimate To: $15000

Modelled in the form of drum, this Taoist ritual apparatus is carved with a Yin-Yang motif on the top, the body carved with dragons with a hole in relief, each flanking a different Bagua motif, with a key-fret band surrounding the top, the bottom with three short ruyi shaped stub feet. Qing Dynasty Period.

此件紫砂器器形較為少見的鼓式樣，鼓面塑以太極紋飾，周身暗刻暗八仙和八卦紋飾，鼓身有一馮式款識，腳為靈芝足，各處記號都顯現出道家文化色彩 。如此之大的紫砂器應為當時道觀定燒之用，紫砂鼓周身有數條龍頭 每個龍頭內均有一空洞，做法事時先將此鼓沉於水中待儲好水，法式開始時用熱水或其他加熱方法使鼓的溫度上升，形成熱脹冷縮作用，鼓內部的水便會自己從龍之水中流出，呈現千龍吐水之奇觀以示法式之靈驗。如此絕妙之紫砂器不多見於市，反映了古人聰明智慧和高超技藝。同時也使得此件紫砂器尤為珍貴。