
Jing Wen
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A SILVER REPOUSSÉ MOUNTED CONCH TRUMPET
TIBET OR MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY
西藏或蒙古 十九世紀 銀錘揲鑲翅白法螺
Published:
Ramon Prats, et.al., Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", 2000, p.121, no.63.
Exhibited:
Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Fundación "La Caixa", Madrid, November 2000-January 2001.
Often used in ceremonies as a means of calling monks to prayer, the reverberating tones of the conch symbolize the true word of the Buddha. This heavily ornamented trumpet features a dragon motif surrounded by emblems of the eight auspicious symbols. Compare with another silver repoussé conch bearing a similar dragon motif illustrated in Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart, 2020, fig. 375.
Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1990s