Unknown Artist
- Title
- Figure of Maitreya
- Place of origin
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Prakon Chai →
Buriram Province →
Thailand
- Cultural origin
- Mon-Khmer style
- Year
- 8th century
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze alloy
- Dimensions
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10.0cm height figure; 12.7cm included stand
- Signature & date
- Not signed. Not dated.
- Credit
- D G Wilson Bequest Fund 1999
- Accession number
- 131.1999
- 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.
- Bibliography (2)
-
'Sensuous Spirituality: Hindu and Buddhist Art from the Indic Cultural Realm' by Pratapaditya Pal, pg. 80-87., Orientations Sep 2000, Sep 2000, 83 (colour illus.). fig.6
The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales 2003, 2003, 324 (colour illus.).
- Exhibition history (1)
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Miniature Masterpieces of Asian Art, Parkham Place Gallery, 25 May 1999–25 Jul 1999.
