Buddha image Wat Thung Sri Meung

Site common name	Wat Thung Sri Meung
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Nai Mueang
District	Mueang Ubon Ratchathani
Province	Ubon Ratchathani
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 15.229682 Long : 104.861055
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 48 P Hemisphere : N E : 485078.43 N : 1683734.85
Place of artwork	The principle Buddha image in Phra Putthabhat hall

History of production	No evidence on the construction history is available, but it is assumed that it was built around the Late 23rd – first half of 24th BE.
Production process	Bronze
Conservation	Registered as archaeological site in the Government Gazette, Volume 98, Episode 104, 30 June 1981
Size	The lap is 89 centimeters wide and 1.45 meters tall.
Art	This Buddha image is seated in the subduing Mara attitude with conical face, small hair buds, large flame-like halo, prominent facial frame, straight-looking eyes, hook-shaped nose, curvy ears and large lips of Lanchang style. The cloth extends to the abdomen and all fingers are of the same length.
Key academic information	An example of a complete Lanchang Buddha image
Notice	This Buddha image was made from “Hang”, an ancient form of money in the northeast. It was covered with gold before later discovered that the core of the Buddha image was made form silver.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanchang
Age	23rd-24th Buddhist centuries
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Related artwork	1. Aong Luang Buddha image, Wat Luang, Ubon Ratchathani. The largest Buddha image with similar Buddhist artistic characteristics to Lao Thep Nimit Buddha image. 2. In Plaeng Buddha image, Wat Havanaram, Ubon Ratchathani. Another large Buddha image with similar Buddhist artistic characteristics to Lao Thep Nimit Buddha image.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-08-18
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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