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End-blown trumpet
Vernacular name:Rkang-gling
Date: 1850 ca.
Place Made:China, Asia
Place Distributed:Tibet, Asia
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionNephrite jade (external tube); silver (mouthpiece, internal tube, bell, and ferrules). Repoussé or cast and engraved bell in the shape of a sea-monster’s head. The cylindrical jade tube encloses a very narrow, cylindrical silver tube of the diameter of the mouthpiece throat. The outside tube is divided by three silver ferrules with inlaid turquoise and coral. The external jade tube is covered with a net of twisted silver wire in imitation of fish scales. Fixed cup-shaped mouthpiece.
Made in China for the Tibetan market. Since the second century BC, jade was treasured in China for its restrained color and pure sound.
Made in China for the Tibetan market. Since the second century BC, jade was treasured in China for its restrained color and pure sound.
DimensionsOverall length: 420 mm
Tube length: ca. 305 mm
External diameter: ca. 21 mm
Tube length: ca. 305 mm
External diameter: ca. 21 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1998 from E. & J. Frankel, Ltd., New York, New York.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 15, 17, 274.
Object number: 07321