The sensual exaggeration of the tribhanga (thrice-bent posture) is unusual for Nepalese art of this early period. Maitreya, the Buddha of the Future, holds a vessel in his left hand; originally he may have held a rosary in the right. He wears a long skirt with simple incised decoration; a sash slung diagonally from the right hip to the left thigh; the sacred thread, the characteristic mark of the Brahmin, across his chest; and the usual jewelry of the period.
