Boudha Paré, Ayutthaya In Bronze On Base.

The adorned Buddha, originally from Thailand is from the Ayutthaya period and dates from the end of the 17th century, made of bronze. Although there is a lack of the piece, as I pointed out to you yesterday, the very serene attitude gives the piece a real elegance. This Buddha is standing in a position called samabhanga. The Buddha as universal sovereign and adorned and crowned, the Blessed One becomes "Cakravartin", the beauty and the purity of the fine and serene features contrast a little with the richness of the diadem. I am not a great expert on Buddhism but here is the information that I found and that I can communicate to you: this representation of Buddha Śākyamuni crowned and adorned is that of the "universal ruler" (cakravartin). Although the dominant current of Buddhism in the kingdom of Ayutthayā is that of Theravada, a more strict and sober doctrine, meaning "the Tradition of the Ancients", this iconography nevertheless imposes itself as in the other currents of Buddhism. It even becomes emblematic of the Ayutthayā era, during which it experienced great development, both for conceptual and pietistic reasons as well as for its extremely decorative character.