Silver Tibetan Buddhist Trumpet with Dragon Design

An old bone and silver Tibetan 'kangling' Buddhist trumpet,…
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An old bone and silver Tibetan 'kangling' Buddhist trumpet, with long femur bone, the widest end with large embossed and engraved decorative silver cover including a stylised dragon and dragon, scroll and leaf forms, the mouthpiece cap end with stylised stiff leaf, bead border and other designs. Note: the kangling should only be used in chod rituals performed outdoors with the chod damaru and bell. Length 35.5 cm

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  • Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.

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