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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4513262, member: 2844"]Anne-Marie, do you have a full frontal view of him, so we can see the proportions? He is beautiful, even when seen from this angle.</p><p>I think Southern Asia or thereabouts is more likely than China, but I would have to see him to his best advantage.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>He reminds me of some Gandhara Buddhas, so Afghanistan-Pakistan.</p><p>Whatever the origin, it is a replica. Technically speaking it is a head, rather than a bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Buddha always has extended earlobes, to show he was of princely origin. Nepali nobility wore heavy earrings. When he discarded his princely privileges, he also discarded his jewellery, but the lobes were already stretched and stayed that way[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4513262, member: 2844"]Anne-Marie, do you have a full frontal view of him, so we can see the proportions? He is beautiful, even when seen from this angle. I think Southern Asia or thereabouts is more likely than China, but I would have to see him to his best advantage.;) He reminds me of some Gandhara Buddhas, so Afghanistan-Pakistan. Whatever the origin, it is a replica. Technically speaking it is a head, rather than a bust. The Buddha always has extended earlobes, to show he was of princely origin. Nepali nobility wore heavy earrings. When he discarded his princely privileges, he also discarded his jewellery, but the lobes were already stretched and stayed that way[/QUOTE]
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