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"description": "Seated Buddha, c. 300 CE. Afghanistan, Hadda, probably Tape Shotor. Stucco; overall: 36.9 x 26 x 10.1 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1967.39",
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