counch horn
03 May 2018
Description

approx 15" long, with hand carved wooden mouth piece. White, braided silk (?) cord with tassel wrapped between horn and mouth piece. Old but in excellent condition.

Provenance

antique store in Tokyo circa 1965

Acquired from
Auction House
For sale
Maybe
Answered within 1 day
By Klaus
May 04, 10:19 UTC
Fair Market Value
$500 - $700 USD
Insurance Value $0 USD
What does this mean?

Thank you for submitting your item for appraisal. This appears to be an 18th / 19th century japanese Horagai Conch signal horn. The overall condition of the natural conch shell caronia tritonis appears to be very good and the mouthpiece and patina seems to be authentic. A lovely very collectable musical instrument. Auction results are usually within the price range listed above.

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