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TIBET – Monasteries Open Their Treasure Rooms
Pensive Avalokiteshvara in maharajalila posture Gilt copper; height: 21,5 cm. China, Yongle period (1403-1424), with reign mark. Tuyet Nguyet Collection, Hongkong. Photo: after Arts of Asia, September/October 1994, cover illustration.