Caption

Prayer wheel, Tibetan Buddhist ritual scroll/cult object, 19th century, Tibet; height 28 cm., An ornate cylindrical object with a long dark brown wooden handle lies horizontally against a light gray background; the cylinder features an intricate white filigree pattern accented by vertical gold bands and gold decorative round elements, with several small colorful stones in shades of red, green, and turquoise set into the decorative bands; the left end of the cylinder has a gold finial with turquoise accents and a pointed tip, while the right end connects to the wooden handle through silver-toned fittings with a beaded rim, and the overall visible colors include white, gold, dark brown, silver, red, green, turquoise, and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_404

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.1Mb (748.8Kb) / 20.0in x 11.5in / 6000 x 3441 (300dpi)

Keywords

Prayer wheel Tibetan Buddhist ritual scroll cult object 19th century Tibet height 28 cm ornate cylindrical object long dark brown wooden handle lies horizontally light gray background cylinder features intricate white filigree pattern accented vertical gold bands gold decorative round elements several small colorful stones shades red green turquoise set decorative bands left cylinder gold finial turquoise accents pointed tip right connects wooden handle silver-toned fittings beaded rim visible colors include white gold dark brown silver turquoise light gray.