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A Rare Carved Conch Shell**
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A Rare Carved Conch Shell**

NEPAL, CIRCA 17TH CENTURY OR EARLIER

细节
A Rare Carved Conch Shell**
Nepal, circa 17th Century or earlier
Very finely carved in relief with a frieze of the Avatars of Vishnu, within beaded borders and friezes of elaborately carved lotus scrolls
6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) high
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This lot is offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold.

拍品专文

While the conch shell is an important ritual implement in both Hindu and Buddhist tradition, as Vishnu's battle trumpet or as a ritual instrument in Tibetan Buddhism often elaborated with silver mounts, relatively few carved examples are known. Lerner, in The Flame and the Lotus, 1985, cat. no. 29, illustrates three circa 11th century examples attributed to Northern India. The present example is more likely of later date and of Nepali origin, with very finely executed ornate scrollwork.