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Antique Khmer Style Mounted Bronze Maitreya Buddha Statue - 30cm/12"
Measures (Height) 30cm/12"
A wonderful image of a bronze Buddha Maitreya statue in the pre-Angkor early eight century style.
Maitreya is the Buddha of the Future, destined to become the next mortal buddha after Shakyamuni. The Buddha is identified as Maitreya by the tiny Stupa set in the front of the jatamukuta (crown of hair).
His face with slight smile, inlaid eyes, broad nose, elongated earlobes, and hair drawn into an intricate jatamakuta with three tiers of looped curls centered by a stupa.
The image is mounted on a wood base.
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