Description
L.: 24 cm
Condition: (UV-checked)
- Excellent, with typical minor superficial wear.
Provenance:
- The collection of Thomas Ulbrich, Studio Tho, Hanoi-Berlin.
As it could only produce one sound, the elephant horn was used as a war and hunting horn, for communications rather than for music. Carried by chiefs or a close follower, the horn would signal troops to rally, announce the approach of an enemy or prey or mark other important events.
Lot 237
A Vietnamese bronze 'Oliphant' horn or rhyton, Lê or Mạc dynasty, 15/16th C.
Hammer price incl. commission
€ 1.300
This lot was sold on 14 May 2022 and is no longer available
