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A GRAY LIMESTONE HEAD OF BUDDHA, TANG DYNASTY, the round, full face framed with relief carved whorls
of hair low and straight on the forehead and around the pendulous, large ears, the crescent-form brows carved in a bevel sweeping into
an aquiline nose and sheltering the delineated, downcast eyes, the compact and fleshy lips with a clear bowed outline, the tranquil
composition mounted on a modern base
਽ ⴠ▝ⴠ䰂҈仃׼
Height 19 in., 48.3 cm
$ 50,000-70,000

PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Collection of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882-1973), ⦋ڥऑ᫜ඁ๘ښ̓e䭬䖀๘ 1882 1973 ᩣ㫼喍נ喎
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by repute. Albert Rudolph (Swami Rudrananda), ㈽㈱, 1973Ꭱ͸ݺ
Albert Rudolph (Swami Rudrananda), New York,
before 1973.

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