Subduing Mara Buddha (Mara Vijaya Posture)

Site common name	National Museum of Phra Nakhon
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang
District	Khet Phra Nakhon
Province	Bangkok
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.7576 Long : 100.492222
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 661329.97 N : 1521418.09
Place of artwork	It is exhibited in the exhibition room of the National Museum of Phra nakhon.

History of production	No written evidence of creation history was found. However, the art forms of the sculpture suggests its influences from Indian’s Pala Art and Central Java’s Art of Indonesia, both from 14th-15th Buddhist Century. Therefore, it is estimated that the sculpture is of the same period.
Production process	Bronze
Art	The double lotus seated Buddha with the subduing Mara hand gesture on top of the double layers lotus throne with the singha at the corners. The round halo is on the back while the middle part is penetrated. The edges of halo are decorated by the flowers and the flames. The Chattra is above the Buddha.
Key academic information	The sample of Srivijaya Buddha Image that draws influences from Indian’s Pala Art and Central Java’s Art of Indonesia.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Srivijaya
Age	14th-15th Buddhist Century
Religion	Buddhism
Religion and belief	Buddhism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-10-13
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography	Chet Tingsanchali. Thai Art under the inspiration of Pala’s Indian Art. Bangkok : Matichon, 2015. Piriya Krairuek. Southern Art before 19th Buddhist Century. Bangkok : Fine Arts Department, 1980.