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SculpturePhra Phaisachayaguru
The sculpture is sitting on a base in a meditation position, decorated with lotus petal pattern. The face is in a square shape. The eyebrows are sharp and nearly straight and the eyes are widely open. The mouth is protruding. It is wearing a crown with a visor and layers of tiaras and round shape earrings on the ears. The upper part of the body is bare and both hands are holding bolts in front of the stomach.
SculptureMeditating Buddha image
The sculpture is sitting on a lotus base in a meditation position. The face seems calm and in a square shape. Both eyes are looking low. The eyebrows are more arched than the general Buddha images in Lopburi Arts. The nose and the mouth are well balanced. The hair between eyebrows is in the center of the forehead and there is hair from the visor above the forehead as well and this is one point that differentiates this sculpture from other general Buddha images in Lopburi Arts.The hair is put up into a spiral shape and the skull raised in the middle of the head is in a spiky cone shape. The sculpture is wearing a slanted robe with a large rectangular double-thick outer robe engraved over the left shoulder. The base that supports the sculpture only shows the lotus petals facing up.
SculptureBuddha Image Sheltered by a Naga
The Buddha image is sitting cross-legged above the Naga with the hands in the position of meditation. The face is square and in a dark color. The eyes are widely open. There is a crown that is composed of a visor and a tiara in a cone shape. The image wears pointed round shape earrings.The upper part of the body is bare noticing from the holes between the flank and the arms. There is a deep line engraved in a form of a slanted robe that might have been done later. The lower part of the body is wearing a skirt-like lower garment. There are 7 Naga’ s heads at the back of the Buddha image. They are in an outline that looks like Bodhi leaf. The head in the middle is the largest and the 3 heads on each side are smaller. All of the smaller heads are facing the large head. There are 3 rolls of the Naga’s body that is supporting the Buddha image. The top roll is the thickest and the widest then descending in size forming a tube outline.
SculptureThe radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
The radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is in a standing position but with missing limbs as in the head, hands, shins, and feet. The chest, shoulders and upper arms of the body are decorated with many rows of Buddha images that looks like armor.There is a large image of a person in the middle of the chest and the waist and this might refer to Prachya Paramita. The image wears shorts with roughly engraved pattern. Its lower body from the thigh to the feet is in disproportion according to the sculpture in Bayon style.
SculptureThe radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva
The radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is standing on a square base. Its condition is complete except for the 8 hands that are missing. The sculpture has a square face, closed eyes, with the corners of the mouth lifted slightly as in Khmer Arts, Bayon style. The hair is put up in a cylinder shape and the hair is decorated with the image of Amitabha Buddha and many other Buddha images. The upper part of the body is decorated with rows of Buddha images that looks like armor. There is a large image of a person in the middle of the chest and the waist and they might refer to Prachya Paramita. All 8 hands are missing. The image wears shorts with roughly engraved pattern. His lower body from the thigh to the feet is in disproportion. Every toe has on a ring.
SculptureMaitreya Bodhisattva’s head
The Maitreya Bodhisattva’s head is a convex sculpture located on a cave wall but it was secretly extracted. The face of the sculpture is long with arched eyebrows. The eyes are look downward. The nose and the mouth are well balanced. The long hair is put up in a bun above the head in a large cylinder shape. The layers of hair form an image of a stupa in the middle of the bun.
SculptureBodhisattva’s head
This Bodhisattva’s head was damaged but it has been preserved until it was restored. The face of the sculpture is long with arched eyebrows. The eyes look downward. Originally, some jewels or valuables may had been buried inside the eyes but they had disappeared. The nose and the mouth are well balanced between a mustache. The long hair is put up in a bun above the head in a large cylinder shape. The hair is decorated with layers of Fish Roe Pearls. The symbol that was placed in the middle of the bun was lost. Therefore, it is unknow which Bodhisattva this sculpture is.
SculptureMaitreya Bodhisattva
Maitreya Bodhisattva is in a standing position with its eyes open. In the center of its head, its long hair is put up into a bun decorated with an image of a stupa. This symbol suggests that this sculpture is Maitreya Bodhisattva. Both arms are missing. The upper part of the body is bare and the lower part is with thin shorts without stripes.
