Unknown Artist
Figure of Maitreya
- Location
- Upper Asian gallery
- Further information
Carried in robes of travellers and pilgrims, it is small figures such as this that have survived the vagaries of turbulent histories. This unassuming figure of the Future Buddha Maitreya (identified by the stupa in his headdress) carries a lotus bud in his right hand and the end of his robe in his left.
The Asian Collections, AGNSW, 2003, pg.324.
- Place of origin
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Prakon Chai,
Buriram Province,
Thailand
- Cultural origin
- Mon-Khmer style
- Year
- 8th century
- Media
- Sculpture
- Medium
- bronze alloy
- Dimensions
- 10.0cm; 12.7cm with stand
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 1999
- Accession number
- 131.1999
