Annotated X-radiograph showing the very thin and even metal walls (1–2 mm, red arrows). See also the large core flashing at the level of the belly (white feature shown by the green arrow). Maitreya, Khmer, pre-Angkor, 8th century, H. 46 cm (Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, inv. MA 3321). See Bourgarit, David, Benoît Mille, Thierry Borel, Pierre Baptiste, and Thierry Zéphir. 2003. “A Millennium of Khmer Bronze Metallurgy.” In Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art: Proceedings of the First Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art, edited by Paul Jett, 103–26. London: Archetype..