Northern Wei sculpture

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Meditating Maitreya, limestone sculpture from China, Northern Wei dynasty, early...

Photograph by absolutlalaland. Honolulu Academy of Arts, gift of Mrs. Carter Galt, 1954 (1915.1)

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