Bodhisattva Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, 7th century, India (Jammu and Kashmir) or Pakistan (Swat Valley), Bronze inlaid with silver, H. 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm), Sculpture, The messianic savior Maitreya is identified by the flask he holds in his lower hand. He is seated in a yogic posture on a double-lotus cushion and extends spiritual protection to believers with his raised hand, here displayed with the palm facing inwards, not outwards as is conventional
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Bodhisattva Maitreya, Buddha, Future, 7th century, India, Jammu, Kashmir, Pakistan, Swat Valley, Bronze inlaid, silver, H, 7 1/8, 18.1 cm, Sculpture, messianic, savior, Maitreya, identified, flask, holds, lower hand, seated, yogic posture, double-lotus cushion, extends spiritual, protection, believers, raised displayed, palm facing, inwards, outwards, conventional
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