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Yongle Period Metalwork

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Fig 1.
Yongle Buddha in the British Museum

Shakyamuni Buddha
Gilt copper alloy with gilt copper throne and torana
China
Yongle mark and period (1403-1424)
59 cm
British Museum
Photograph ©Trustees of the British Museum