Small statuette of Maitreya in copper alloy with brown patina, pre-Khmer art, Thailand, Burinam province, 7th-8th century Depicted standing in samapada, forearms outstretched in front of him, his right hand holding a lotus and his left holding the kalasha (the full, overflowing vase containing the elixir of life). He wears a sampot tied at the waist with a fishtail sash and folded into a wide pleat over his left hip. The finely rendered face is serene, with half-closed eyelids and drooping earlobes. The hair is combed and topped with a conical ringed headdress adorned on the front with a representation of Buddha. Beautiful patina with red oxidation. Base with copper alloy nipple. Wooden base. Height: 12 cm; weight: 157 g Provenance : - Former Evrard de Rouvre collection (1923-1979). By descent. With the collector's handwritten record. - According to the collector's notes, acquired in May 1970 from Galerie Moreau-Gobard. This small bronze can be compared with a similar representation of the Bodhisattva Maitreya in the Metropolitan Museum, New York (1982.468).