Caption

Prayer wheel, Tibetan, 19th century. Cult object used in Buddhist rituals; scrolls inside. Height 28 cm., Materials not specified., A round metallic object with ornate filigree work on its visible face rests on a light background, showing a central raised knob decorated with small turquoise-colored accents and surrounded by intricate pierced floral patterns; the outer rim appears silvery-gray and slightly worn, while the edge and some adornments display a warm gold tone with a few pinkish-red and blue-green beads set around it; a short chain of interlocking links extends from the object to a spherical weight that shares the silvery-gray color and shows slight tarnish.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_400

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (1004.7Kb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4500 (300dpi)

Keywords

Prayer wheel Tibetan 19th century Cult object Buddhist rituals scrolls inside Height 28 cm Materials specified round metallic object ornate filigree work visible face rests light background showing central raised knob decorated small turquoise-colored accents surrounded intricate pierced floral patterns outer rim silvery-gray slightly worn edge adornments display warm gold tone pinkish-red blue-green beads set short chain interlocking links extends object spherical weight shares silvery-gray color slight tarnish.