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Standing Maitreya

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
This early image of Maitreya from Thailand is identified by a water flask carried in one hand and a small stupa on the front of his piled hair. Stupas are dome-shape, spired burial mounds used throughout the Buddhist world to signify the passage out of earthly existence. The water bottle suggests Maitreya’s future life as a wandering monk.
MEDIUM Bronze
  • Place Made: Thailand
  • PERIOD Pre-Angkor period
    DIMENSIONS 8 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (21.6 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm) mount (object mounted on a block): 12 3/4 × 4 × 4 in. (32.4 × 10.2 × 10.2 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Asian Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 86.259.2
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenberg
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor
    CAPTION Standing Maitreya. Bronze, 8 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (21.6 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenberg, 86.259.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.259.2_bw.jpg)
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     <em>Standing Maitreya</em>. Bronze, 8 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 7/8 in. (21.6 x 4.5 x 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenberg, 86.259.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 86.259.2_bw.jpg)