we like so much,
the one tonne, 2.4m-long (8ft) granite artifact was left outside Bronwen Hickmott’s family home after her parents bought it from a tea planter who returned to Sussex from Sri Lanka in the 1950s, but before moving they showed a picture of it to to Bonham’s auctioneer Sam Tuke, 'it is in amazing condition,’ Mr Tuke added. Alice Bailey, Bonhams head of Islamic and Indian art at Bonhams, said animal carvings on the museum piece ‘symbolise the four stages life; growth, energy, power and forbearance’, the step is from the Anuradhapura period, between 400BC to 1017AD, now the good news, the Buddhist temple step is thought to be 1,300 years old and worth about £50,000, good news or what?
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