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Bracelet

ca.1938-1948 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Hong Kong (made)

Rosary bracelet for a Buddhist Da Jiu festival in Hong Kong. The bracelet is made of eighteen spherical wooden beads and one gourd-shaped wooden bead. All the beads are decorated with writing and held together with a red cord.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Accessories
Buddhism
Object type
Bracelet
Materials and techniques
Wood
Brief description
Rosary bracelet for a Buddhist festival, eighteen spherical and one gourd shaped wooden beads all with inscriptions, Hong Kong, ca.1938-1948
Physical description
Rosary bracelet for a Buddhist Da Jiu festival in Hong Kong. The bracelet is made of eighteen spherical wooden beads and one gourd-shaped wooden bead. All the beads are decorated with writing and held together with a red cord.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 7.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Writing on the top (smaller) section of the gourd-shaped bead.)
    Translation
    Front: guarantee safety Back: The Buddha / The monk
  • (Writing on the bottom (larger) section of the gourd-shaped bead. The lines are written vertically, progressing right to left.)
    Translation
    The speech of the monk called 'Sing Wan'. You are mighty, I am small. You are correct, I am wrong. You have, I have not. You are happy, I suffer.
Credit line
Supported by the Friends of the V&A
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
FE.228-1995

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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