Phra Buddha mahaloka phinantha patima

Artwork alternative name	Wat Chalermprakiat’s main Buddha image in Ubosot
Site common name	Wat Chalermprakiat Nonthaburi
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Bang Si Mueang
District	Mueang Nonthaburi
Province	Nonthaburi
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.848337 Long : 100.484608
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 660443.74 N : 1531449.31
Place of artwork	Inside the ubosot

History of production	King Rama III order to built in 1846 at royal foundry in Grand Palace.
Production process	Casting copper, Gold plated
Art	Phra Buddha mahaloka phinantha patima has a unique form of Buddha image that created in the reign of King Rama III, that is slim body, quite round, semi-oval face, small knot hair, flame halo, bent eyebrows, almond-eyed, curves mouth curves almost straight, puppet face, Urna supports the halo, squat in Subduing Mara pose, equal four fingers and wear oblique robe without streak.
Key academic information	In the reign of King Rama III, much copper ore was excavated at Chanthuek District, Nakhon Ratchasima He wants to bring copper to use in supporting Buddhism by making copper Buddha image at royal foundry to enshrined at two new monasteries, Wat Chalermprakiat and Wat Ratchanatdaram. Give the name of main Buddha image at Wat Chalermprakiat “Phra Buddha mahaloka phinantha patima”
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Rattanakosin
Age	24th Buddhist Century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-09-15
Record creator	Patsaweesiri Premkulanan
Bibliography	ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์.งานช่าง สมัยพระนั่งเกล้าฯ.กรุงเทพฯ : มติชน, 2551. ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์.พระพุทธรูปในประเทศไทย : รูปแบบ พัฒนาการและความเชื่อของคนไทย.กรุงเทพฯ : ภาควิชาประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ คณะโบราณคดี มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2556.