Buddhist Fine-Art Devotional Statues and Cast Medals in Champi Form, Tao Wessuwan of the Cātummahārājika Heaven, Luang Pho Itthi, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2563 (2020)

Buddhist fine-art devotional statues and cast medals in champi form, Tao Wessuwan of the Cātummahārājika heaven are a set of sacred objects depicting Tao Wessuwan, lord of the asuras of great and mighty power, master of authority, destiny, and wealth, made both as devotional (bucha) statues in several sizes and as cast medals in champi form, in large and small forms.

Created by Luang Pho Itthi (Phra Khru Sophit Wiriyaphon, Bhaddacaro) of Wat Chulamanee, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, in the Buddhist year 2563, to raise funds for building monks' living quarters at Wat Chulamanee · consecrated in the grand Buddhābhiṣeka–Devābhiṣeka rite on Sunday 20 December B.E. 2563 (2020) · the temple recorded the sizes, materials, production numbers, and reverence prices as follows.

Devotional (Bucha) Statues of Tao Wessuwan (Set 1)

1. 21 inches tall, the auspicious first-casting (nam-roek) set of 9 images (offered to Phra Khru Sophit Wiriyaphon for his personal monastic practice) — 29 sets made · reverence price 150,000 baht per set

2. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan first-casting alloy — 199 images made · reverence price 20,000 baht

3. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan alloy covered in genuine gold leaf — 299 images made · reverence price 24,000 baht

4. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan alloy gilt-gold plated — 299 images made · reverence price 24,000 baht

5. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan alloy plated with foreign copper — 399 images made · reverence price 17,000 baht

6. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan alloy with green patina — 399 images made · reverence price 17,000 baht

7. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan alloy in brass — 399 images made · reverence price 17,000 baht

8. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan alloy in onyx black — 399 images made · reverence price 17,000 baht

9. 21 inches tall, maha-chanuan alloy with sandblasted black patina — 399 images made · reverence price 17,000 baht

10. 12 inches tall, first-casting chanuan alloy — 199 images made · reverence price 14,000 baht

11. 12 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign silver — 299 images made · reverence price 12,000 baht

12. 12 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign copper — 299 images made · reverence price 12,000 baht

13. 12 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign brass — 299 images made · reverence price 12,000 baht

14. 9 inches tall, first-casting chanuan alloy — 199 images made · reverence price 11,000 baht

15. 9 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign silver — 399 images made · reverence price 9,000 baht

16. 9 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign copper — 399 images made · reverence price 9,000 baht

17. 9 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign brass — 399 images made · reverence price 9,000 baht

18. 5 inches tall, first-casting chanuan alloy — 199 images made · reverence price 5,500 baht

19. 5 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign silver — 599 images made · reverence price 4,500 baht

20. 5 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign copper — 599 images made · reverence price 4,500 baht

21. 5 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign brass — 599 images made · reverence price 4,500 baht

22. 3 inches tall, first-casting chanuan alloy — 299 images made · reverence price 1,500 baht

23. 3 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign silver — 999 images made · reverence price 1,400 baht

24. 3 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign copper — 999 images made · reverence price 1,400 baht

25. 3 inches tall, chanuan alloy plated with foreign brass — 999 images made · reverence price 1,400 baht

Buddhist Fine-Art Cast Medals — Large Form (4 cm tall · Set 2)

1. Pure gold, weight approx. 28–30 g (with serial number) — 29 medals made · reverence price 85,000 baht

2. Pure silver body with pure gold figure, weight approx. 10–12 g — 499 medals made · reverence price 42,900 baht

3. Pure silver with polished silver figure — 1,599 medals made · reverence price 3,300 baht

4. Gold-rich nawaloha with pure silver figure — 1,799 medals made · reverence price 3,000 baht

5. Gold-rich nawaloha — 1,799 medals made · reverence price 2,200 baht

6. Khan long hin (bronze) gold-washed — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,400 baht

7. Blue-plated chanuan with gilt-gold figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,200 baht

8. Chanuan in black rhodium with silver tracery, gilt-silver figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,200 baht

9. Gilt-gold washed chanuan — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,000 baht

10. Samrit bronze with brass figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,000 baht

11. Satin silver chanuan with gilt-gold figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,000 baht

12. Satin copper chanuan with gilt-silver figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,000 baht

13. Chanuan gold-washed with colored enamel — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 1,200 baht

14. Satin silver chanuan — 2,999 medals made · reverence price 700 baht

15. Satin copper chanuan — 2,999 medals made · reverence price 700 baht

16. Satin brass chanuan — 2,999 medals made · reverence price 700 baht

17. Crab-shell black-patina copper — 4,999 medals made · reverence price 500 baht

18. Committee set of 3 medals, chanuan (gilt-gold backdrop plate with gilt-silver figure / gilt-silver backdrop plate with gilt-gold figure / gilt-naga-gold backdrop plate with two-tone gilt figure) — 2,999 sets made · reverence price 2,500 baht per set

19. Casting sprue of 19 pieces — 999 sprues made · reverence price 8,000 baht

Buddhist Fine-Art Cast Medals — Small Form (2.7 cm tall · Set 3)

1. Pure gold, weight approx. 10–12 g — 299 medals made · reverence price 39,900 baht

2. Pure silver body with pure gold figure, weight approx. 2–3 g — 499 medals made · reverence price 19,900 baht

3. Pure silver with polished silver figure — 1,599 medals made · reverence price 2,200 baht

4. Gold-rich nawaloha with pure silver figure — 1,799 medals made · reverence price 1,900 baht

5. Gold-rich nawaloha — 1,799 medals made · reverence price 1,500 baht

6. Khan long hin (bronze) gold-washed — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 900 baht

7. Blue-plated chanuan with gilt-gold figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 700 baht

8. Chanuan in black rhodium with silver tracery, gilt-silver figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 700 baht

9. Gilt-gold washed chanuan — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 600 baht

10. Samrit bronze with brass figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 600 baht

11. Satin silver chanuan with gilt-gold figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 600 baht

12. Satin copper chanuan with gilt-silver figure — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 600 baht

13. Chanuan gold-washed with colored enamel — 1,999 medals made · reverence price 700 baht

14. Satin silver chanuan — 2,999 medals made · reverence price 400 baht

15. Satin copper chanuan — 2,999 medals made · reverence price 400 baht

16. Satin brass chanuan — 2,999 medals made · reverence price 400 baht

17. Crab-shell black-patina copper — 4,999 medals made · reverence price 300 baht

18. Committee set of 3 medals, chanuan (gilt-gold backdrop plate with gilt-silver figure / gilt-silver backdrop plate with gilt-gold figure / gilt-naga-gold backdrop plate with two-tone gilt figure) — 2,999 sets made · reverence price 1,600 baht per set

19. Casting sprue of 19 pieces — 999 sprues made · reverence price 5,200 baht

Special Material

• Chanuan in black rhodium with gold tracery — 3,000 medals made · given to temple helpers

Gallery of the Statues, Medals in Their Various Materials, and the Order Form

If you would like more information on obtaining these pieces, please enquire directly with Wat Chulamanee, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province.

Note: This account is compiled from the production information and order form published by the temple, to record the history of this edition, and is not intended for any commercial purpose whatsoever.