A Mongolian silver prayer wheel
The wheel is chased with a central band of lanca characters between a band of vajra and flowers and a petal band. Tied to the wheel with a leather band are a string of pierced coins.
With a metal stand.

Provenance:
Paul Rutten collection, Amsterdam.
Jan Brummelhuis collection, Amsterdam.

Catalogue notes:
A prayer wheel would contain in the cylinder a roll of prayers, and wheels such as the current lot would have been carried around by a monk or a layman and turned clockwise while reciting a prayer. The higher the number of rotations, the greater the merit.

Origin: Mongolia

Period: 19th century

Sizes: 40.00 cm. H
15.75 in. H