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Large sub-rectangular amulet with impressed designs on both sides - (a) within a simple arch set with glass beads at the top a figure of the seated Buddha in dhyanamudra, the figure set with three red glass beads. Below are two smaller versions of the same thing. Everything decorated with gold leaf and glass beads; (b) within a simple arch set with glass beads, is at the top a figure of the seated Buddha in dhyanamudra, the figure set with three glass beads. Below is a scene of (?) a figure in a boat. Everything decorated with gold leaf and glass beads. A rattle is contained inside. Moulded clay composition, with glass.

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