Buddha ("the awakened") was the title given to Siddhartha Guatama, the son of a Nepalese rajah.
Siddhartha (Buddha) spent his youth in great luxury, married, and fathered a son.
The evolution of Thai Buddhist practice and imagery has been closely linked to the country's historical development.
This beautiful Buddha bust is made from polyresin and coloured in a dark brown mottled tone, with brushed gold highlights.
This large Buddha head is made from resin and is finished in a high gloss mottled earthy brown.
Buddha reclining with his head pointing to the north depicts his death and entry into nirvana.
Lion sculptures were placed at the gateways to the Amaravati Stupa. Lions represented power and strength and were meant to ward off evil spirits and protect the Stupa.
Once Buddha had found enlightenment he left what was now the Bodhi Tree, or Tree of Enlightenment.
The myth and legend of the white elephant began in Southeast Asia - The Land of the White Elephant.
The Buddha is presented in several hand and leg postures or gestures, called mudras, each symbolising some aspect of the Buddha s life.
