Figure 520

Example of Thai statuette cast in an unleaded tin bronze (11wt% Sn, 0.6wt% Pb, ICP-AES analyses) with a surface enriched in tin by depletion (~20wt% Sn, PIXE analysis). Maitreya, found in the Prasat Hin Khao Plai Bat II cache, northeast Thailand, late 7th–first half of the 9th century, H. 46 cm (Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, Paris, inv. MA 3321). See ; .