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Pensive Avalokiteshvara in maharajalila posture
Gilt copper; height: 21,5 cm.
China, Yongle period (1403-1424), with reign mark.
Formerly Lhasa, Norbulingka Palace.
Photo: after Zhongguo zangchuan fojiao jintong zaoxiang yishu
(The Art of Tibetan Buddhist Gilt Metal Statues in China), Beijing 2001, vol.II, no.150.

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