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The leather bag is of oblong form with a hanging loop, crafted from three different colours of leather. The three manuscript sections are written on paper of various lengths and covered with a silk wrapper. The table-top prayer wheel is carved as a shrine with the spinning prayer wheel set inside. The exterior is decorated in polychrome pigments.
Provenance:
Jan Brummelhuis collection, Amsterdam.
Condition: The leather bag:
Appears to be in generally good condition, with wear and stains from use.
Dimensions: 22 cm. long, 6 cm. wide
The manuscript sections:
The paper is delicate with stains, tears and losses to the edges.
The silk wrapping with fading and light stains.
Dimensions: the longest, 29.5 cm. long.
The prayer wheel:
There are various age-related cracks to the wood, and various areas of repairs including to the corners of the roofs, the interior base of the shrine, and the walls of the shrine.
Small chips to the extremities.
The uppermost finial is missing.
Dimensions: 24 cm. high, 13.2 cm. long, 12.5 cm. wide
Origin: Mongolia
Period: 19th and 20th century
Sizes: 24.00 cm. H x 13.20 cm. W x 12.50 cm. D
9.45 in. H x 5.2 in. W x 4.92 in. D