conch;
religious/ritual equipment;
trumpet
- Museum number
- 1995,0127.1
- Description
-
Conch. Bronze-mounted conch-shell trumpet, with elaborate terminal made up of a makara spewing a scroll and above it a striding yali. Between the terminal and the exposed conch surface, the bronze mount is decorated with rows of nagas and kirttimukhas. The mount is attached to the shell by a thick layer of mastic. On the edge of the mount are diminutive figures of Nandi, Gaṇeśa and a Śiva linga.
- Production date
- 20thC(late)
- Dimensions
-
Length: 41 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Appears to be a modern forgery; for an identical example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, see Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art (Sydney, 1997): number 110.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
'Like a stream of gold'. Paintings and sculpture from South India.
Room 33a, 1996.
- Acquisition date
- 1995
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1995,0127.1
