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LOT 2212
Tibetan Bronze Seated Buddha
19TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
4 in. (193 grams, 10.1 cm).
Sitting cross-legged on a lotus-flower dais wearing a mantle uttariya, his right hand holding the stem of an utpala flower, loop to reverse to accept a mandorla. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Private collection, UK.
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