1286 SOLD Rare Unusual Antique Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Wheel - SOLD

Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover

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Unusual hand crafted Prayer Wheel

Most probably made of yak bone

Inlaid with superbly carved silver.

Contains a paper scroll with prayer mantras.

Estimated to be from the 1800s

About 34 cm long with the main globe being about 8.5 cm tall

The silver cap at the top and the dome come off easily.

Rare heavy solid piece made and used with love and reverence.

History of this piece: Tibetan pilgirms offer these prayer wheels at monasteries as a token of worship. These offerings are then auctioned sometimes. This and the other prayer wheel 1288 and a few other items were acquired in such an auction.

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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.

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