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Khon Kaen, Thailand
$13.00
Title
Emerald Heaven
Artist
Ian Gledhill
Medium
Painting - Digital Painting
Description
A temple wall painting.A Buddhist depiction of the afterlife with the Emerald Buddha,for prayer and meditation ... Which i have Digitally painted in watercolor.
It is not known for sure when the Emerald Buddha was carved however judging from the appearance and style one could conclude it was carved in Northern Thailand not much earlier than the fifteenth century. On the other hand, the Emerald Buddha, which is in an attitude of meditation, looks much like some of the Buddha images of Southern India and Sri Lanka. This attitude of meditation has never been popular in other Thai carvings of Buddha images so one might assign the origin to one of the aforementioned countries.
According to reliable chronicles, lightning struck a Chedi in Chiangrai province of Northern Thailand in 1434 A.D.and a Buddha statue made of stucco was found inside. The abbot of the temple noticed that the stucco on the nose had flaked off and the image inside was a green color. He then removed the stucco covering and found the Emerald Buddha which is in reality made of green jade.
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August 6th, 2015
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