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BURMA, 19TH CENTURY
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AN IVORY OPENWORK STUPA
BURMA, 19TH CENTURY
Carved in a tusk, enshrining an image of the historical Buddha sitting above his first five disciples, clad by an intricate openwork veil of scrolling foliate tendrils, the base inhabited with a deer, an elephant, a monkey and a feline
12½in. (32cm.) high
BURMA, 19TH CENTURY
Carved in a tusk, enshrining an image of the historical Buddha sitting above his first five disciples, clad by an intricate openwork veil of scrolling foliate tendrils, the base inhabited with a deer, an elephant, a monkey and a feline
12½in. (32cm.) high
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