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A Tibetan prayer wheel, 18/19th Century.
Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
770 - 962 EUR
886 - 1 110 USD
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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.