Object Details
- Collection
- Arthur M. Sackler Collection
- Exhibition History
- The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room (March 12, 2022 - ongoing)
- Encountering the Buddha: Art and Practice Across Asia (October 14, 2017 to February 6, 2022)
- Doorway to an Enlightened World: The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 19 to November 27, 2016)
- The Tibetan Shrine from the Alice S. Kandell Collection (March 13, 2010 to November 27, 2016)
- Credit Line
- The Alice S. Kandell Collection
- 18th century
- Accession Number
- S2017.43.1-2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Musical Instrument
- Medium
- Conch shell, silver, gilding; insets of coral and turquoise, and silk
- Dimensions
- H x W: 27.4 x 21.6 cm (10 13/16 x 8 1/2 in)
- Origin
- Kham, Eastern Tibet
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 26a: The Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- shell
- Buddhism
- Tibet
- South Asian and Himalayan Art
- Alice S. Kandell Collection
- horn
- Record ID
- fsg_S2017.43.1-2
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34cfc537a-ba2a-4c9a-aa7e-0983e4217171
