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SculptureThe four Buddhas
All four Buddha images have the same features which they are seated in the attitude of meditation on lotus lion-footed pedestal; the pattern of the upturned lotus is called Bua Wang (long sword-liked lotus petal motif); there are Pah Tip (the fabric hanging on the front of a Buddha image base) in front; the faces are quite round; the eyebrows are arched; the area between the eyelids line and the eyebrows is the sheets of eyelids; the eyes are quite deep set, slightly open and glancing low; the lips are small; the hair coils are also small; there is the flame halo overhead and the body is slim. These are the features of the Buddha image in King Rama III period.