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A Tibetan prayer wheel, 18/19th Century.

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
710 - 887 EUR
748 - 935 USD
Hammer price
Unsold
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Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Tibetan prayer wheel, 18/19th Century.

Decorated with the mantra 'Om Mani Padme Hum' is written in sanskrit around the wheel. The interior filled with prayers. Height 49 cm.

Wear.

Provenance

Aquired in Tibet in 1966.

More information

At the core of the cylinder is a "Life Tree" often made of wood or metal with certain mantras written on or wrapped around it. Many thousands (or in the case of larger prayer wheels, millions) of mantras are then wrapped around this life tree. The Mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is most commonly used, but other mantras may be used as well. According to the Tibetan Buddhist tradition based on the lineage texts regarding prayer wheels, spinning such a wheel will have much the same meritorious effect as orally reciting the prayers.