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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Buddhist ritual shell trumpet
Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Buddhist ritual shell trumpet

Dateca. 1750-1850
Label Text
Object number33.703
Photo CreditPhoto: Elizabeth Mann
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Going For Gold, Nov. 3, 2012 - Dec. 8, 2013. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime, July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005. Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.Published ReferencesSheets, Hilarie M. "Reframing the question, 'What is Asian art?'" The Art Newspaper, no. 320 (February 2020): p. 25, reproduced.
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions8 x 5 x 3 3/8 in. (20.3 x 12.7 x 8.6cm)
MediumConch shell, gilded copper alloy, semiprecious stones
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