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SculptureApsara
Apsara, craved on the wall, has a square face of Bayon style. She closes her eyes and has a gentle smile. The head is decorated with a crown with three rows of flowers. The earings are large tufts and the left hand holds flowers. The cloth is long and both ends of the cloth are in triangular shape similar to the fish tail. The belt is large and decorated with tufts.
SculptureBalaha Horse
Balaha horse is a large horse sculpture facing the principle prasat. There are human sculptures surrounding the Balaha horse.
SculptureAvalokitesvara
The sculpture of Avalokitesavara has no head and is topless. It has thick body and wear ornament. including a necklect with Uba tufts. The cloth is short and the fish tail falls down in the middle. This is the characteristic of Bayon art. It is surrounded by gods and Bhothisavara.
SculptureWater pipes carved Human head
The human head sculpture is in the east niche of Prasat Naek Paen. It is a human head wearing a crown cap with a funnel-shpaed at the top. The mouth is open, which is a part of the tube.
SculptureAvalokitesvara
Avalokitesavara makes his hair into the crown, the symbol of a priest. He has Amithapa on the crown. The face is of Bayon style, having the eyes closed and gentle smile. The body is carved with Buddhas all over. The cloth is short. It is assumed that real cloths and ornaments were presented.
SculptureMahamayatmuni
Buddha image in Rakhine Art is characterized by the absent of the robe of the upper body. The image sits in Virasana posture in south Indian fashion but gestures Maravijaya which differently affiliates to North Indian art. King Bodawpaya and later kings presented him some regalia and he image became the bejewelled Buddha. The regalia style, such as the pointed crown and the breast chain in X-shape is of Ayutthayan fashion as it is noted that several Ayutthayans settled down at Sagaing after the collapse of Ayutthya in the 18th century A.D.
SculptureGandavyuha Sutra Narrative
Sculpture at Borobudur is very similar to Indian art in terms of the costumes, appliance, round characters and empty space. All of these show that central Java is related to Indian art.
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.
