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19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A TIBETAN GILT-COPPER AND INLAID CONCH-SHELL TRUMPET
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The conch shell with carved floral decoration and mounted with a copper shaft, the gilt plaque decorated to the centre with Kirtimukha flanked by a pair of dragons, surrounded by four bodhisattvas seated on lotus bases with flaming mandorlas, interspersed with turquoise and imitation coral inlay and tear-drop-shaped decoration, all reserved on a chased ground with a scrolling meander
16½ in. (42 cm.) wide
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The conch shell with carved floral decoration and mounted with a copper shaft, the gilt plaque decorated to the centre with Kirtimukha flanked by a pair of dragons, surrounded by four bodhisattvas seated on lotus bases with flaming mandorlas, interspersed with turquoise and imitation coral inlay and tear-drop-shaped decoration, all reserved on a chased ground with a scrolling meander
16½ in. (42 cm.) wide
Provenance
With Peters, Berlin, March 1972.
The Plesch Collection of Asian Art, no. Am41.
The Plesch Collection of Asian Art, no. Am41.
Sale room notice
Please note that the centre is decorated with Kirtimukha and not Yamantaka as stated in the printed catalogue. Please also note the stone is imitation coral and not coral as mentioned in the printed catalogue.
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