[Buddha-l] Meteorite Buddhist statue brought to Germany by SSexpedition

[Jo]

That is precisely what I thought while looking it over.
Joanna
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Behalf Of Dan Lusthaus
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 10:56 PM


Chris,

This find of unprovenanced origins was discussed on another list some days ago, and the expert consensus was that it is a modern forgery.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Fynn" <chris.fynn at gmail.com>

> Article about a  Buddhist statue carved from a meteorite in Mongolia 
> which was brought to Germany from Tibet by the Ernst Schäfer 
> expedition :
>
> http://news.discovery.com/history/meteorite-buddha-120926.html

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