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LOT 2266
Thai Bronze Statue of Buddha
20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 1/8 in. (279 grams, 10.5 cm high).
Modelled in the round in bhumisparsa mudra pose. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000.
From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
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