Caption

Prayer wheel, Tibetan Buddhist art, Himalayan, Buddhist art, 19th century, Tibet, scrolls, cult object, height 26.5 cm, A handheld cylindrical object rests horizontally on a light neutral background, composed of a decorative metallic drum-like wheel at one end and a wooden handle extending from it; the wheel is silvery with raised patterned motifs and a rounded finial on its outer face that is also silvery and ornamented, while the handle is brown wood with silvery metal bands near both ends and a darker brown section along its length, and there are subtle soft shadows beneath the object.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_082

License type

Rights managed

Available size

58.1Mb (1.1Mb) / 20.0in x 11.3in / 6000 x 3384 (300dpi)

Keywords

Prayer wheel Tibetan Buddhist art Himalayan Buddhist art 19th century Tibet scrolls cult object height 26.5 cm handheld cylindrical object rests horizontally light neutral background composed decorative metallic drum- wheel wooden handle extending silvery raised patterned motifs rounded finial outer face also silvery ornamented handle brown wood silvery metal bands near ends darker brown section length subtle soft shadows beneath object.