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Bronze statue of a standing bodhisattva with a blue gemstone in the crown, holding a lotus stem, framed by an arched flame- patterned aureole with two small figures at the top corners, who sit on a rectangular base.
Avalokiteshvara
Western Himalayas, c. 12th–13th century

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