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Three Standing Buddhist Devotees, Each Holding a Lotus Bud
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Three standing Buddhist devotees facing proper left, holding lotus buds on long stalks between clasped hands. Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (south wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
Department of Asian Art
[Yamanaka & Co. New York 10/19/1931] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop New York (1931-1943) bequest; to Fogg Art Museum 1943.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Title: Three Standing Buddhist Devotees, Each Holding a Lotus Bud
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Three standing Buddhist devotees facing proper left, holding lotus buds on long stalks between clasped hands.
Low sandstone relief from cave 3 (south wall) at Tianlongshan, Shanxi province.
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