Qing Imperial Palace: Dharma Wheel
Gilt copper alloy
金銅法輪
中國
法輪又名梵寶，形似車輪，是藏傳佛教常用的法器，為八吉祥之一。此件法輪由清代（1644～1911）宮廷造辦處製作，銅質鎏金，立於覆蓮台座上，高41公分。
法輪鏤空八輻條，寬25公分，中心軸承飾摩尼寶珠紋，外圍滿嵌綠松石。八輻條外輪以兩圈聯珠紋構成一環飾帶，上飾蓮花圖案，蓮心嵌松石。法輪外緣為蓮瓣形，周身雕飾火焰紋和摩尼寶珠紋，柄端嵌接底座蓮台。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 249.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Qing Imperial Palace: Dharma Wheel." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 249.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Qing Imperial Palace: Dharma Wheel" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:249.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Qing Imperial Palace: Dharma Wheel. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 249).
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