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A GILT-BRONZE RINPO (WHEEL OF THE BUDDHIST LAW) This bronze ritual object connected with esoteric Buddhism symbolizes
Kamakura (1185-1333) or Muromachi (1333-1573) period, the Wheel of the Law (Sanskrit: dharmachakra). In Buddhist texts and
late 13th/early 14th century rituals, the phrase—turning the wheel of the law—refers to the act of
The esoteric Buddhist Ritual Implement of typical form with a central teaching by the Buddha Shakyamuni. Each of the eight spokes and
roundel representing a lotus flower with the surrounding eight spokes eight corners represents one of the moral admonitions of the Noble
symbolising the eight petals; with a plain wood storage box. Eightfold Path, while the central section represents a lotus flower
11cm x 11cm (4 3/8in x 4 3/8in). (2). with eight petals.
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY490,000 - 580,000
US$3,300 - 3,900
For a very similar rinpo, Kamakura period (1185-1333), see Mikkyo
hogu (Esoteric Buddhism Ritual Implements), Nara National Museum,
Kyoto, Rinsen Book Co., 1993, no.354.

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