40cm*21cmMaitreya is regarded as a future Buddha of this word in Buddhist eschatology. According to scriptures, Maitreya will be a successor to the present Buddha, Gautama Buddha. Maitreya is typically pictured seated, with either both feet on the ground or crossed at the ankles, on a throne. In the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara, Maitreya is represented as a northern Indian nobleman, holding a kumbha in his left hand.