Caption

Prayer wheel, Tibetan, 19th century. Cult object used in Buddhist rituals; scrolls inside. Materials not specified. Height 28 cm., An ornate handheld object lies on a pale gray surface against a light gray background, featuring a dark brown cylindrical handle with silver-toned end caps attached to a decorative cylindrical head. The head combines silver-toned filigree with gold-toned bands and raised gold-toned accents, and is embellished with small rounded stones in green, pink, and turquoise colors set into the bands and a protruding finial. A short silver-toned chain with a slightly tarnished round silver-toned weight is attached to the head.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_399

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1.2Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Prayer wheel Tibetan 19th century Cult object Buddhist rituals scrolls inside Materials specified Height 28 cm ornate handheld object lies pale gray surface light gray background featuring dark brown cylindrical handle silver-toned caps attached decorative cylindrical head head combines silver-toned filigree gold-toned bands raised gold-toned accents embellished small rounded stones green pink turquoise colors set bands protruding finial short silver-toned chain slightly tarnished round silver-toned weight attached head.