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The Spring Classic Sale, Stockholm 568
1516(275667)
15151517
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
Unsold
Estimate
20 000 - 25 000 SEK

Gilded and silver-plated copper mounting. Length 30,5 cm.

Damages.

Literature

Compare; "A shrine for Tibet, The Alice S. Kandell Collection", Marylin M. Rhie and Robert A.F. Thurman, p. 246.

More information

Conch shell horns are blown during rituals as a sound offering. The metal "shield" and decorations make it more practical to utilize the shell, which might otherwise be broken, or not be of the right shape or size.

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Björn Extergren
Stockholm
Björn Extergren
Head of Consignment and Sales Department, Fine Art. Specialist Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts and Asian Ceramics
+46 (0)706 40 28 61
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A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.
A elaborately decorated ritual Tibetan Conch-shell horn, Qing dynasty, 19th Century.

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