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SculptureWooden sculpture of four Devaduttas
In Mandalay art, each temple is normally decorated with wooden dolls telling the Buddha life and stories such as the four stages of life : the elderly, the sick, the dead and the monk. These sculptures usually appear in the set and they are realistic showing the wrinkles of the body and distended body. This relaistic aspect is another developmental step of Myanmese sculpture as well as showing the western influence.
PaintingBodhisattva : Mural in Alopye
These bodhisattvas dressed very similarly to the Pala art like a crown with three faces, S shaped breast chain and streak panung. Including the appearance of two flowers fluttering both sides symmetrically, it indicates the influence of Pala art a lot. The painting itself is a hot tone color likes Pala. All this shows that the age of painting is in the early of Pagan era. The most important aspect for this Bodhisattva is sitting back and the normal Pala Iconography. This shows that the painting is written by a Pakan craftsman.
PaintingMural decorating the arch in Payatonzu
The arch of Pavatonzu is decorated with interesting paintings. The Clec is decorated with flora pattern instead of gods, which was the pattern of the late Pegan period. At the edge of the arch, there is a picture of Kinri (half-bird half-woman) putting her hands together to show respect. This pattern also served as the model for Sukhothai and Lanna arts in Thailand. It should be noted that Kinri also wears crown with triangular bands, which shows a clear influence from Pala art.
