Phra Saakya Singh

Keywords : Wat Benchamabophit Dusitwanaram, Buddha image, Lanna art, , Chiang Saen Neung, Singh Neung type Buddha image,

Artwork alternative name	Phra Sakya Singh
Site common name	Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram
Type of artwork	Sculpture
Sub district	Suan Chit Lada
District	Khet Dusit
Province	Bangkok
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.766605 Long : 100.514241
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 663704.75 N : 1522429.1
Place of artwork	On the balcony

History of production	Not making history, originally it was at the Wat Phra That Hariphunchai. Later, it was brought to housed at Wat Benchamabophit. From the form, the age can be determined in the Buddhist 21st century.
Production process	Bronze casting
Art	This Buddha image sits in a full-lotus seat on a lotus base in the octagon plan which is cast sticked to the Buddha image displaying the Subduing Mara posture. It has a round face, big knotted hair, high ushnisha with lotus shape on top, look-straight eyes, slightly open mouth, knot jaw, not too fat body, oblique robe and short split ends centipede fang shaped sanghati.
School	Chiang Saen - Chiang Rai
Key academic information	This is an example of a Singh Neung type Buddha image that was brought from Chiang Saen. There is an art form that can determine the age in the 21st Buddhist century .
Notice	From the inscription at the base of the Buddha image at Wat Phrachao Mangrai, Chiang Mai province which has the same style, there is a name indicating this Buddha image that "Phra Buddha Sihing" makes it possible to assume that the Singh Neung type Buddha image for Lanna people should refer to the Phra Buddha Sihing.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanna
Age	21st Buddhist Century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Related artwork	1. The Subduing Mara Buddha image of the Wat Phrachao Mangrai, Chiang Mai province is an important example of a Singh Neung type Buddha image that has an inscription specifying the name "Phra Buddha Sihing", the name of the maker and the year of making. It can be used as an example to determine the age of Buddha images in the same era, but has no inscription. 2. The Phra Mangraichao at Wat Chai Phrakiat, Chiang Mai province is an example of a Singh Neung type Buddha image in the later era which although inherited from the previous era, but the craftsmanship is not as fine.

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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