(B18) SET OF THREE TELESCOPING TRUMPETS
(B18) SET OF THREE TELESCOPING TRUMPETS
Artist – Unknown Media – Various Metals
Dung chen (great trumpets) are made from several different materials and are typically identified by association with these materials, including brass, copper and silver.
These great trumpets with collapsible copper bodies facilitate transport and applied brass fittings in finely detailed repousse depict the eight auspicious, or sacred symbols, in addition to seven different Buddha scenes, showing the stages of enlightenment.
They are played in pairs, usually serving as a drone element in monastic ensembles, with occasional florid melodic passages.
Artist – Unknown Media – Various Metals
Dung chen (great trumpets) are made from several different materials and are typically identified by association with these materials, including brass, copper and silver.
These great trumpets with collapsible copper bodies facilitate transport and applied brass fittings in finely detailed repousse depict the eight auspicious, or sacred symbols, in addition to seven different Buddha scenes, showing the stages of enlightenment.
They are played in pairs, usually serving as a drone element in monastic ensembles, with occasional florid melodic passages.
