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(2) Images of Visnit and his consort LaZfwi

in brorze1
(3 ) An Image of Siva in bror.ze1

(4) An image of Sakya Muni (Buddha) in
bhumisparsamudra (the attitude of touch-
ing the ground}, in bronze1

(5) An image of Buddha in the same attitude,
in bronze*

(6) Buddha in the attitude of d/iyana (medi-
tation ), in bronze5

( 7) Images of worshippers of Buddha, in bronze1

(8) A standing figure of Siva9 with two hands,
highly decorated, in bronze,1

(9) A standing figure of VISIJLU, witfrfour hands,
in the upper two arms bearing $ahkh&
(conch) and cakra (disc), in bronze2

(io)Two images of Siva dancing tandava
dance, in bronze.*

These images offer interesting study. We can
easily distinguish them into two different classes: one
class of images made by expert Indian artists, and the
other class by local Siamese artists* Those Indian
silpins, who came to Siam, they made several images.
They also trained the local Siamese artists in the art of

1. Ibid, plate XXVIII 2, Hid, plate XXIX
3. Ibid9 plate XXXIII 4. Ibid, plate XXXIV
5. Ibid, plate XXXV 6. IHd, plate XXXVII
7. Hid, plate XLIX 8. Ibid, plate, L
9. Ibid, plate XXVII