Phra Buddha Sihing

Keywords : Wat Phra Singh, Buddha image, The attitude of subduing Mara, Bhutthaisawan Throne Hall, Phra Buddha Sihing , Lanna art, Phra Chao Kao Tue

Site common name	Bhutthaisawan Throne Hall
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 : 13.757822 Long : 100.492067
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 661313.07 N : 1521442.51
Place of artwork	In the Bhutthaisawan Throne Hall

History of production	No creating history was found, but from the patterns, it can be assumed that it was made in the middle of the 21st Buddhist century during the Rattanakosin period. Somdet Phra Bawornrajchao Maha Sura Singhanat brought the Buddha Image from Chiang Mai in 1795 and housed at the Bhutthaisawan Throne Hall.
Production process	Bronze casting
Art	This Buddha image sits in a half-lotus seat on a lotus base displaying the meditating gesture. It has an oval face, small knot hairs, high ushnisha, high flame halo, look down eyes, slightly open mouth, knot jaw, symmetrical body, oblique robe and large split ends centipede fang shaped sanghati.
Key academic information	The important Lanna art Buddha image that was once believed to be Sukhothai art.
Notice	a large sanghati is a common feature of Buddha images that was made during the reign of Phra Muang Kaew and commonly found in Ayutthaya art. It shows the influence of Ayutthaya art in Lanna art.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanna
Age	Middle 21st Buddhist Century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Related artwork	1. Phra Chao Kao Tue of Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai province is an example of a Buddha image in the same type as Phra Buddha Sihing and has a history that was made during the reign of Phra Mueang Kaew as well. 2. The Subduing Mara Buddha Image of the Bhutthaisawan Throne Hall, Bangkok is an example of a Buddha image with the similar Buddhist art traits as Phra Chao Kao Tue. An inscription at the base read the year of making, 1497, indicating that it was also built during the reign of Phra Mueang Kaew.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-05-15
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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