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A SILVER-MOUNTED THIGHBONE TRUMPET, KANGLING, 19TH CENTURY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A SILVER-MOUNTED THIGHBONE TRUMPET, KANGLING, 19TH CENTURY

Tibet. Each end with silver repoussé mouthpiece and horn, each decorated with sinuous dragons surrounded by conch shells and clouds, with hands of tendrils and beaded rims, and inset with a turquoise and a carnelian cabochon.

Provenance
: From a German private collection.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and traces of use, little tarnish to silver.

Weight: 295 g
Dimensions: Length 32.7 cm

Horns made from human thighbone were used in rituals for wrathful protector deities. "In the ritual, the practitioner goes alone to a cemetery or to hot springs, where he visualizes harmful beings, such as demons and ghosts. With the sound of the horn, played along with the bell, vajra, and drum, he calls the demons. He then visualizes that the demons come, and he offers them his whole body to eat, a 'body gift'...The right kind of thighbone must be chosen for the horn in order for it to be effective. It cannot come from a sinner or a thief, or it will bring bad luck. It must be straight and have a sharp ridge along the front edge resembling a horse's backbone. The large end that goes into the hip socket must be flat in front and rounded in back." (see Barbara Lipton and Nima Dorjee Ragnubs, Treasures of Tibetan Art, New York, 1996, pp. 238-40)

Literature comparison:
Compare a related silver-mounted kangling, in the British Museum, museum number 2016,3040.2.

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