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LOT 2264
Tibetan Bronze Seated Buddha
LATE 20TH CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (205 grams, 10.2 cm).
Seated cross-legged in virasana pose on a lotus flower dais, hands in the Dharmachakra Mudra, the tiered hair surmounted by a flame and with an elaborate diadem; bloom on the left arm curled around the forearm. [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, UK.
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