Small Chinese Neolithic period Yangshao culture pottery paigu goblet form drum, flared at one end, waisted in the middle, and ending with a bulging base. Faint vestiges of red and black pigment remain. Two loop handles are on one side, one located just below the wide rim and one just above the bulging base. Five knobs are spaced below the flared rim, three pairs of tiny pinholes are spaced around the base, and eight pinholes are along the side. These likely would have been used to hold strings to tighten rawhide in place and to carry the drum. Measures just under 4 1/2" diameter and stands 5 5/8” high. Dates circa 3000 BCE. Good, solid condition with typical surface wear, one chip on the flared rim, and another smaller chip on the base. There is some wear and one tiny loss to the knobs. A color illustration of this type of drum can be found in “Arts of Asia” magazine, May-June 1991 issue, page 81 (see image). From the collection of a former American expatriate to Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s.