Other side of our Tibetan/Nepalese conch trumpet

Note the quality of the workmanship on this side as well as the other side, previously posted. A nice touch here, too, is the piece of good old turquoise at the end. This is a very fine example of these trumpets used to summon monks, an object produced in profusion even in quite recent times, and often not made nearly as well as this one, which would be about a century old, or just possibly slightly more. Quite extravagant claims are often made for the age of these pieces, or what is imagined to be their rarity. Most have not nearly as much silver to cover them as this one, nor as good a quality of silver, nor are they as finely tooled. This is the best we have seen, as it happens, out of a good many, including several quite recent ones. As this was of exceptional quality AND for sale at an acceptable price, we did not hesitate to purchase it.

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Alaa eddine SAGID December 16, 2011 at 11:39am

the contract between the turquoise colour and the skin-color of the shell is very attractive and balanced.

I like pieces where there is such a heterogenous use of materials.

Not to mention the high skills employed on the silver. I see a lot of foliage, is it the main pattern or is there any zoomorphic and athropomorphic designs?

In any case a very dear and heavy (in the sense of historical and aesthetical weight) piece.
Eva Baby December 16, 2011 at 4:26pm

thanks for showing also this side of it, very beautiful and interesting object!
Suzan Kaplan December 16, 2011 at 6:14pm

Magnificent!

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Other side of our Tibetan/Nepalese conch trumpet

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