Caption

Prayer wheel, Tibetan Buddhist ritual scroll/cult object, 19th century, Tibet; height 28 cm; Tibetan Buddhist art., An ornate handheld object rests on a light gray background, featuring a cylindrical decorative drum section attached to a dark wooden handle. The drum section displays intricate openwork metal filigree in a silvery color with several horizontal brass bands and round bezel-set stones in colors including red and green. A small brass finial with turquoise-colored insets projects from one end of the drum, and a short metal chain with a spherical weight in a dull gold color hangs from the drum. The wooden handle is dark brown with silvery metal fittings at the joint and at the end. The overall color palette includes silver, brass/gold tones, dark brown, red, green, turquoise, and light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A29_406

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.1Mb (802.9Kb) / 20.0in x 11.5in / 6000 x 3441 (300dpi)

Keywords

Prayer wheel Tibetan Buddhist ritual scroll cult object 19th century Tibet height 28 cm Tibetan Buddhist art ornate handheld object rests light gray background featuring cylindrical decorative drum section attached dark wooden handle drum section displays intricate openwork metal filigree silvery color several horizontal brass bands round bezel-set stones colors red green small brass finial turquoise-colored insets projects short metal chain spherical weight dull gold color hangs wooden handle dark brown silvery metal fittings joint color palette includes silver brass gold tones turquoise light gray.