Buddha Sheltered by Naga's Hood
- OBJECT :
- Buddha Sheltered by Naga's Hood
- ART STYLE :
- Ayutthaya
- MATERIAL :
- sandstone
- SIZE :
- 7 cm. wide for the lap, 18 cm. high
- AGE :
- ...
- FEATURE :
- the Buddha statue sat cross-legged flat on the Naga coil with the 7-headed Naga, the Naga’s heads beside facing to the middle Naga’s head, there is a pattern of Dharmachakra (Wheel of life) on the Naga’s hood.
- CONDITION :
- be damaged, the middle Naga’s heads was lost.
- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND :
- ...
- SOURCE :
- Found from an excavation of Meru Brahmathat, Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, the 6th Regional Office of the Fine Arts delivered this statue to the Phimai National Museum on 25th January 1992.
- VENUE :
- Phimai National Museum, Nakhon Ratchasima Province
