Thai bronze figure of Buddha, Mon-Dvaravati style, possibly 7th-9th century, the standing figure with its hands in Vitarka mudra, wearing a diaphanous robe leaving the right shoulder bare and hanging in a long pleated cape-like manner over his left arm, with serene facial expression, its hair arranged in large curls, height 76.5 cm. Provenance: The Collection of Lady Sybil Joel, Sydney, Acquired by the above c. 1960, accompanied by copy of valuation. Cf. For comparison a collection Odyssey, Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art from the James and Marilynn Alsdorf collection, Pal, P., cat. 125, p 101-3