Item: Maitreya (Bodhisattva & Buddhist Deity) - Bodhisattva

Tibetan: རྒྱལ་བ་བྱམས་པ། Chinese: 弥勒佛

(item no. 86330)

Origin Location	Tibet
Date Range	1500 - 1599
Lineages	Buddhist
Material	Metal, Silver Inlay, Mercuric Gild, Silver Eyes
Collection	Alan Robert Naftalis

Classification: Deity

Appearance: Peaceful

Gender: Male

Interpretation / Description

Maitreya. Tibet, 15th century, bronze with silver inset eyes,copper lips and inset semiprecious stones. Approx 7 7/8"/ 20cm. Compare to Ulrich vonSchroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 133G; Maitraya in the collection of the National Museum of History, State Museum of Ethnology, Munich, Germany (illustrated in the The Catalogue of Tibetan Artifacts, 1994).

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