File QW/13/2 - The Left Hand from a Buddha

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GB 891 QW-QW/13-QW/13/2

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The Left Hand from a Buddha

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Wales Horace Geoffrey Quaritch 1900-1981 Archaeologist

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Royal Asiatic Society Archives

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The left hand from a Buddha statue in Abhaya Mudra position. The hand is cut at wrist level. The hand is made of metal, length 20cm, width 6cm, and shows traces of gold gilding. The cut of the hand reveals that is was made by the lost-wax technique. Its provenance is unknown.

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