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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.
SculptureEmbossed Silver Plates
There are 66 silver plates embossed in different pictures including Buddha image, stupa and the wheel of law, each with distinctive pictures.
SculptureBoundary marker
The top boundary marker has a pointing edge and the bottom part is craved with lotus petals. At the front, the scene when the Lord Buddha was protected from the rain by Mujalin Naga is craved. On the marker, the Lord Buddha is seated loosely on a coil of Naga. The hands depict the attitude of giving sermon. There is a five-headed Naga covering his head. There is a Mujalin tree at the back. On the bottom left, there is a man wearing a lot or ornaments, assumed to be the human disguise of Mujalin. On the right, there is another man paying obeisance, assumed to be one of the followers.
SculptureBoundary marker
The top boundary marker has a pointing edge and the bottom part is craved with lotus petals. At the front, the scene when the Lord Buddha taught Pimpa or popularly called “Pimpapilap” is carved. The scene is called “Pimpapilap” because Pimpa was both delight and sad when she met the Lord Buddha.The Lord Buddha was in a sitting posture with dropping legs. He was in a building, which was believed to be Pimpa’s residence. The Lord Buddha turned his face to the left. On the bottom left, there was Pimpa spreading her hair to rub the feet of the Lord Buddha. At the back of Pimpa, there was Rahul and the followers. There was an umbrealla and a whip close to Rahul. On the right, there was a man kneeling, which might refer to King Suthothana. There were followers at the back. Close to this picture, there were two whips and high utilities similar to “Bangsul” At the bottom, there is a city or a palace wall with multi-tier gate. There are four gate keepers.
SculptureBoundary marker
The top boundary marker has a pointing edge. It is craved with Indra, his consort and Erawan elephant. Indra is seated in “Lalitasana” posture and holds thunder in his left hand. The tree at the back is assumed to be Parichart, the tree of the second heaven where Indra dwells. On his left, there are 3 people and 1 bird. These are all his consorts including Suthamma, Sujittra, Sunandha, and Suchada who was reborn as an egret because she had not had enough merits. At the back of the consorts, there is “kanok” pattern of Dvaravati style. On the right of Indra, there is an Erawan elephant.
SculptureVotive tablet
The Lord Buddha is seated in a meditation attitude on a throne. There is one person on each side. The person on the right might be a man and the person on the left might be a woman. At the top, there are five imaginary Lord Buddhas in different postures. There is a person paying respect to the Lord Buddha in the middle.
