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LOT 2039
Thai Alabaster Buddha Touching the Earth
16TH-17TH CENTURY A.D. OR LATER
9 7/8 in. (3.07 kg, 25 cm high).
Carved in the round seated on a lotus flower base, right hand in Bhumisparsha mudra.
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s onwards.
Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK.
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