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SculptureThe attitude of subduing Mara
The attitude of subduing Mara is sitting on the plain lotus base without any decorations. This style reflects the style of before Ayutthaya – early Ayutthaya or the 1st and the 2nd generation of U-Thong Buddha images. It is also related to the large section of Sukhothai arts.The significant characteristics that transfer from the 1st and the 2nd generation of U-Thong Buddha images are the sitting position on a plain lotus base in the attitude of subduing Mara. The hair looks like the thorns of jackfruit. The oval face, flame-like halo, and curve eyebrows show the relation with Sukhothai arts. The not wavy hairline style is also associated with a large section of Sukhothai arts. This Buddha image wears the rope with a long-large straight seam. The right hand is on a leg. The style is gentler than the 1st and the 2nd generation of U-Thong Buddha and this might relate to Sukhothai’s Buddha image style.
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.
