The Buddha image of meditation attitude

The construction history remains unclear. However, the art characteristics suggest that it might have been built in Dvaravati period.

Bronze

This Buddha image is seated in a meditation attitude with one foot being on top of the other. The hand shows meditation attitude. The characteristics include square face, prominent and connected eyebrows, low-looking and prominent eyes, large nose, big mount, prominent Usaneesa, a lotus bud halo. The images wears an even monastic robe in an askew manner.

This is an example of a Buddha image that reflects the close relationship between Dvaravati art in the central and Dvaravati art in the northeast.

Discovered at Ban Wangpalat, Kumeung District, Buriram

ผาสุข อินทราวุธ, ทวารวดี การศึกษาเชิงวิเคราะห์จากหลักฐานทางโบราณคดี. กรุงเทพฯ : อักษรสมัย, 2542.

รุ่งโรจน์ ธรรมรุ่งเรือง, ทวารวดีในอีสาน. กรุงเทพฯ : มติชน, 2558.