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SculptureThe attitude of subduing Mara
The image is seated in a basic cross-legged gesture on the plain base while the hands are doing the attitude of subduing Mara. The significant features that classify the image under the General Group are the oval face, the curved eyebrows, the low gazing eyes, the aquiline nose, the well-proportioned lips, the big hair curls like a whorl, high swelling Usanisa, the flame-liked halo, wearing cross-body robe with no crease, and the long small outer robe reaching the navel which the edge is folded known as the centipede fangs. There is the name of its creator and the desire in building it.
SculptureSangkhalok
There are a lot of architectural decoration parts, the important ones are Makara, decorated the finial of a gable and it would develop to be Hang Hong (finials on the outer corners of the lower roof sections), the ridge that would become Cho Fa (gable finials), Barali (finials evenly spaced on the roof-ridge) for roof ridge decoration, purlins , banisters, and floor tiles.
SculptureThe attitude of subduing Mara
The Buddha image is seated simple cross-legged on the plain base. The hands are in the attitude of subduing Mara. The distinctive features that point out the relations with Lan Na Buddha images and to be classified under the Wat Takuan Group are the round face and the protruding chin. Other parts that indicate the connection with Sukhothai Buddha image in General Group are the flame-liked aureole, it looks more motionless than the Sukhothai aureole, wearing cross-body robe with no crease. The outer robe is long across the left shoulder reaching the nave and there is a streak on the edge of the outer robe known as the centipede fangs. The image is sitting in mediation posture on the plain base.
SculptureThe footprint of the Buddha
The footprint is engraved on a rectangular stone. Some parts of the stone are damaged. There are actually four overlapped footprints detected by the lines on the sides and heel. The footprint that was used for pattern studying is the smallest one as other three have only the lines on the sides and heel. The toe fingers on the smallest footprint are not equal in length. Each finger has a whorl motif decorated. In the middle of the sole, there is Chakra symbol which are decorated with the 108 propitious motifs. Two points on the area connected to the toe fingers are decorated with whorl motifs , while the heel is decorated with lotus petal motif.
SculptureThe attitude of subduing Mara
The stucco Buddha image is sitting simple cross-legged on the lotus base. The hand is in the attitude of subduing Mara. The image has a round face, yet rather oval which could indicate the time during the change from the round face in early Sukhothai Buddha images to the oval face the Major Group. The eyebrows are arched. The eyes are gazing down. It also has a pointed nose, well-proportioned lips and small finer hair curls. The robe is worn across the body without drapery folds. The outer robe is worn on the left shoulder. It has a special feature that makes it different from other images in the Major Group which is that the whole outer robe is folded while other images in the Major Group will be folded only the edge.
SculptureThe attitude of subduing Mara
The Buddha image is in meditation posture sitting simple cross-legged on the plain base. The hands are performing the attitude of subduing Mara which is the remarkable feature of Sukhothai Buddha images under the Major Group and the features are including the oval face, the arched eyebrows, the low gazing eyes, the aquiline nose, the well-proportioned lips, the big spiral-liked hair curls, the high Usnisa, flame-liked aureole, wearing cross-body robe with no crease, the long small outer robe strip with the edge reaching the navel, and the folded edge known as centipede fangs.
SculptureBuddha image
The Buddha image is damaged in many parts that it cannot be detected of which manner and attitude it was originally made. As it is a high relief sculpture, it is believed that the image was used to decorate a religious place attached to the wall. It has a round face with arched eyebrows and pointed nose. The eyes are gazing down. The lips are fairly well-proportioned, though curvy-shaped like a wave. The hair is tightly curled into finer small curls. Usanisa (cranial bump) is swelling high. The halo on top of the head is damaged and missing. The image has prominent chest with the robe worn across the body, no drapery folds. The outer robe is small and short only above the breast. The edged is folded in many layers and this is known as centipede fangs.
SculptureNaga-Protected Buddha
This bronze Naga-Protected Buddha can be separated into 3 parts; the body (Buddha), the Naga’s head, and the Naga Coil.The Buddha is seated in the lotus position with subduing Mara hand gesture which is unusual as most Naga-Protected Buddha would be craft in the meditation posture. This unique style is classified as the characteristic of the Chaiya School of Art. The hole on the forehead of the Image was likely made later. The Usaneesa is in the half circle shape, undecorated. There are triangular panels that originally had gems adorned in the front side. The seam of the robe runs pass through the left shoulder to the belly is in a square bars overlapping in several layers. The 7 heads of Naga are in triangular shape, similar to Bodhi leaf. The Middle head is the largest with 3 smaller heads that turn toward the main head on each sides. All of them were placed next to each other in the panel form comparable to the Naga Heads in Lavo or Khmer Art in Thailand during the Angkor Era like the ones at Angkor Thom and Bayon. The 3-layer Naga Coil is comparable to the Naga coil of Lavo or Khmer Art in Thailand during the Angkor Era as well especially the ones in Angkor Wat. The characteristic of this style is that each layers is not equal. It goes from the largest one on the top to the smallest one in the bottom in the reverse triangle shape. Moreover, on top of the coil is the lotus base for the Buddha Image.
