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SculptureA clay offering doll depicting a human leading a monkey.
A small clay doll without the head. It depicts a naked man wearing necklace, belt and a bracelet. The right hand holds a chain that ties the monkey who sits between the two legs and the left hand holds fruit.
SculptureMonks holding alms bowls
This terra-cotta bas-relief used to decorate a stupa, but it is in badly damaged condition. The sculpture illustrates 3 Buddhist monks standing in a row, and each monk is wearing a monastic robe the shawl of which is covering their shoulders and arms and is holding an alms bowl at navel height.
SculptureDharmachakra
This emsemble of Dharmacakra is complete, as it includes 3 parts, namely an octagonal pillar, a square socle, and a Wheel of Law. The square socle helps hold the wheel firmly on the pillar.The round wheel of law consists of 3 main components as follows: a hub, spokes, and a felloe. The spaces between spokes were cut through, and they make the Wheel look thin. The outer part of the Wheel is the felloe carved with a pattern of round flowers and rhombi. The rim of the felloe was carved with a Thai motif called Kanok which resembles flames. The triangular bottom part of the wheel serves to bear its load, and the socle below decorated with a pattern of lotus petals comes with a tenon joint which fits a mortise hole underneath the wheel. In the lower part, the square connecting block is ornamented with a pattern of round flowers and rhombi; and the four corners of the socle depict a Makara motif. The block was cut through as a mortise hole which serves to fix the wheel to the Dharmacakrastambha or the pillar. The lowest part of the octagonal pillar is a square base carved with a Hamsa motif; and on top of it, the bottom of the pillar resembles lotus petals. The top of the pillar was engraved with a pattern of flower garlands and flower tassels. The upmost part of the pillar is a top tenon for insertion into a mortise beneath the square socle.
