The attitude of subduing Mara

Site common name	Ramkhamhaeng National Museum
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Mueang Kao
District	Mueang Sukhothai
Province	Sukhothai
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 17.018304 Long : 99.707273
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 575278.74 N : 1881715.86
Place of artwork	It is exhibited in the exhibition room of the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum.

History of production	There is no written evidence about the construction, however the style of the artwork is classified to be the Buddha image under the Major Group which was widespread during the 20^th century. Hence, it is dated in the same period.
Production process	Bronze casting
Art	The Buddha image is in meditation posture sitting simple cross-legged on the plain base. The hands are performing the attitude of subduing Mara which is the remarkable feature of Sukhothai Buddha images under the Major Group and the features are including the oval face, the arched eyebrows, the low gazing eyes, the aquiline nose, the well-proportioned lips, the big spiral-liked hair curls, the high Usnisa, flame-liked aureole, wearing cross-body robe with no crease, the long small outer robe strip with the edge reaching the navel, and the folded edge known as centipede fangs.
Key academic information	This is the one of the most perfect and beautiful Sukhothai Buddha image models under the Major Group.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Sukhothai
Age	20th 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	2015-09-30
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography	Sakchai Saisingha. Buddha Images in Thailand : Styles, Development, and Thai’s Beliefs. Bangkok : Art History sector Faculty of Archaeology Silpakorn University, 2556. Santi Leksukhum. Sukhothai Art. 3^rd edition, Bangkok : Muang Boran, 2555.