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LOT 2317
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Bodhisattva Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7 5/8 in. (1.64 kg, 19.3 cm).
Hollow-formed, sitting cross-legged on a D-shaped base, wearing an uttariya mantle over a cross-over robe and neck ornament.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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