Prayer Beads
Gold
Prayer Beads
CHINA; Tang dynasty
It is thought that these gold prayer beads were a gift from Emperor Shunzong (reigned 805) to Master Kukai during his visit to China during the Tang dynasty.
The prayer beads consist of large gold beads, together with minor beads, spacer beads, and gold counting beads. Each gold bead has round openwork and are decorated with minute gold balls. The prayer beads are divided into six sections by three spacer beads. Each end is denoted by a large bead with three holes, to which two strings of five counting beads are attached with extended cords.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 241.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Prayer Beads." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 241.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Prayer Beads" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:241.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Prayer Beads. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 241).
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