Beschrijving
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
Een Vietnamese bronzen 'olifanten' hoorn of rhyton, Lê of Mạc Dynastie, 15/16e eeuw
Hamerprijs incl. commissie
€ 1.300
Dit lot werd verkocht op 14 mei 2022 en is niet langer beschikbaar
