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18TH CENTURY
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a rare tibetan polychrome wood prayer wheel
18th century
The polychrome and detachable cupboard with flaring ribbed roof, the side panels painted with Buddhist symbols surrounded by scrolling flowers, the back panel with two mantras amidst scrolling flowers and the front side with a pair of doors, the inside painted with mantras, the panel above both doors with Tsong.kha.pa flanked to both sides by a disciple and to the right a bodhisattva, the inner part of the cupboard containing the textile covered wood prayer wheel painted in high relief with three horizontal rows of mantras in Lantsha script
150 cm high
18th century
The polychrome and detachable cupboard with flaring ribbed roof, the side panels painted with Buddhist symbols surrounded by scrolling flowers, the back panel with two mantras amidst scrolling flowers and the front side with a pair of doors, the inside painted with mantras, the panel above both doors with Tsong.kha.pa flanked to both sides by a disciple and to the right a bodhisattva, the inner part of the cupboard containing the textile covered wood prayer wheel painted in high relief with three horizontal rows of mantras in Lantsha script
150 cm high
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.
Sale room notice
Please note that the illustration of lot 44 was erroneously numbered 43.