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Yakshi Holding a Crowned Child with a Visiting Parrot
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Terracotta, Shunga period, India (Bengal)
Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Friends of Asian Art Gifts 2002
Title: Yakshi Holding a Crowned Child with a Visiting Parrot
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Terracotta, Shunga period, India (Bengal).
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