A NEPALESE BRONZE FIGURE OF MAITREYA, standing in tribhanga, his right hand raised in vitarkamudra, his left stretched downwards and formerly holding the lotus-stem of which the upper part is flowering along his shoulder supporting the kamandalu, wearing a dhoti engraved with flowerheads and geometric motifs, the sash ends falling between his legs and to his left side, bodhisattva-ornaments formerly inlaid with semi-precious stones, his face with downcast expression, urna, elongated earlobes with large circular earrings, five-leaf tiara with central kirttimukha and a high makuta, circa 15th Century