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LOT 2250
Sino-Tibetan Gilt Bronze Buddha Statue
20TH CENTURY A.D.
8 5/8 in. (1.47 kg, 22 cm).
Standing erect on a lotus-flower dais wearing a paridhana and holding one corner of the mantle uttariya in the left hand.
ProvenanceFrom a West Country, UK, collection, 1990s.
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