TROMPETTE CONQUE À MONTURE D'ARGENT REPOUSSÉ TIBET OU MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLETROMPETTE CONQUE À MONTURE D'ARGENT REPOUSSÉTIBET OU MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE Inset with turquoiseHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205005 46 cm (18 1/8 in.) highA 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