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Vajrapani, the Thunderbolt-Bearing Bodhisattva
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Bronze, Pala period, Bangladesh
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Samuel Eilenberg Collection Gift of Samuel Eilenberg 1987
Title: Vajrapani, the Thunderbolt-Bearing Bodhisattva
Description:
Bronze, Pala period, Bangladesh.
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