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A FINELY CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD TABLE PRAYER WHEEL, 19TH CENTURY
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03月07日 晚上6点 开拍
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A FINELY CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD TABLE PRAYER WHEEL, 19TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

Bhutan. The cabinet with four lobed cutouts to each side, open at the front to reveal the fabric coated prayer wheel inside, supported on a square base detailed with lotus petals, and with a roof on top centered by an iron peg that turns the wheel. The sides finely painted with blossoms and pearls. The prayer wheel inscribed in Lantsa script.

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Labels: Galerie Hardt, inscribed ‘Gebetsmühle für Tischgebrauch, Holz farbig gefasst, Bhutan 19. Jh‘, the reverse ‘140401, H: 24 B:27 T:27‘. And priced at EUR 6,250.
Condition: Good condition with expected wear, traces of use, natural imperfections, small nicks here and there, minor chips, the wheel with a tear along the seams.

Weight: 2.4 kg
Dimensions: Height 38.2 cm (incl. the iron peg)

The prayer wheel
, sometimes referred to as a mani korlo or mani wheel, is primarily a phenomenon of the Buddhist Himalayas, Nepal, Ladakh, and Tibet along with regions influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. Mention is made of the Prayer Wheel in the Mani Kabum, an apocryphal Tibetan text dated to the 11th to 13th century. The hand held prayer wheel appears to be a late creation in Tibetan Buddhist culture. The most popular of the mantras contained is the Mani Mantra, the sound essence of the deity Avalokiteshvara.

A common narrative for the origins
of the prayer wheel credit Shakyamuni Buddha for teaching a system of religious practice that would allow the very lazy and uneducated Naga Spirits to acquire some small amount of merit by turning in a clockwise direction a cylinder of mantras, dharanis and auspicious verses.

Prayer wheels are not only used by monks and nuns but are also especially popular with Buddhist lay practitioners. The spinning of such wheels have much meritorious rewards. The perimeters of large Stupa monuments are often lined with large prayer wheels made of copper kept in motion by countless worshipers reciting prayers. Many practitioners use also handheld prayer wheels like the present lot.

“The prayer wheel, a popular device in Tibet and across the Himalayas, was originally intended for the Naga world, where the serpent-like creatures were too lazy to engage in meritorious acts. A coil of mantras (mind-protecting spells associated with an enlightened deity), often hundreds of thousands, printed from woodblocks on long sheets of paper, are rolled and placed within the cylinder. An individual spins the wheel, using the lead weight on the end of the chain to accelerate and sustain the spinning. Prayer wheels come in all sizes, some hand-held; others designed for tabletop or other stationary use.” (Jeff Watt, 2005).

Literature comparison:
Compare prayer wheels with similarly designed frames at Tashigang Gonpa monastery, Bhutan.

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