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Reliquary(?) with Scenes from the Life of Buddha
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Bone with traces of color and gold paint, India (Jammu & Kashmir ancient kingdom of Kashmir) or Pakistan
Rights: Public Domain
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of John and Evelyn Kossak The Kronos Collections 1985
Title: Reliquary(?) with Scenes from the Life of Buddha
Description:
Bone with traces of color and gold paint, India (Jammu & Kashmir ancient kingdom of Kashmir) or Pakistan.
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