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Buddha Protected by a Seven-headed Naga

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Sandstone, Angkor period, Cambodia
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Fletcher Fund 1936
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Title: Buddha Protected by a Seven-headed Naga
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Sandstone, Angkor period, Cambodia.

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