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Standing Buddha. A figure of the Buddha, carved in black schist, standing on a lotus base; the proper right hand is in varadamudra; the whole is surrounded by a flaming halo. To the proper left of the Buddha is a kneeling figure of Maitreya (the Buddha of the future, worshipping his predecessor). Inscribed.
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