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Prayer wheel and set of three woodblock printed prayers
(early 20th century)
Medium
wood, metal, wool, silk, cotton, jute, leather, Chinese coins, woodblock on handmade paper
Measurements
(a) 32.0 × 9.0 cm (diameter) (prayer wheel)
(b-d) 32.9 × 49.7 cm irreg. (each) (prayers)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1929
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Tibet
Inscription
(a) none
(b) printed in ink (in Tibetan u-chen script):
(c) printed in ink (in Tibetan u-chen script):
(d) printed in ink (in Tibetan u-chen script):
Accession Number
3044.a-d-D3
Department
Asian Art
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Physical description
Prayer wheel (a) with wooden handle; Chinese coins (which act as a weight) attached to end of jute string, attached to spinning drum, which has pleated and frilled canopy. Once would have contained three woodblock prayers (b-d).