Wat Chulamanee
Tao Wessuwan Medal, Cātummahārājika, Edition “Rap Khwan Sit Phutthasin,” Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2565 (2022)

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Tao Wessuwan Medal, Cātummahārājika, Edition “Rap Khwan Sit Phutthasin,” Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2565 (2022)

B.E. 2565

A cast champi-shaped Buddhist-art medal of Tao Wessuwan of the Cātummahārājika heaven, the edition “Rap Khwan Sit Phutthasin” (welcoming the disciples of Buddhist art), by Luang Pho Itthi Bhaddacaro, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2565, a three-piece assembled work made to honour the masters of the temple, in many materials with reverence prices, to raise funds for the vegetarian hall, the car-park landscaping, and public-welfare works.

The Tao Wessuwan medal, Cātummahārājika, edition “Rap Khwan Sit Phutthasin” is a cast champi-shaped Buddhist-art medal enshrining Tao Wessuwan of the Cātummahārājika heaven in full regalia, its reverse inscribed with sacred yantra script; it is a three-piece assembled work by Luang Pho Phra Khru Sophitwiriyaphon (Luang Pho Itthi Bhaddacaro), Wat Chulamanee, Bang Chang Subdistrict, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, in the Buddhist year B.E. 2565 (2022 CE).

It was created as a medal for honouring the masters of the divine city of Wat Chulamanee · every piece bears a serial number.

Purpose of the edition: 1. to raise funds to build the vegetarian hall and improve the landscape around the Wat Chulamanee car park; 2. to contribute to the fund for the work of the Amphawa District ecclesiastical chief, Samut Songkhram Province; 3. for public-welfare and charitable works, following the intention of Phra Khru Sophitwiriyaphon (Luang Pho Itthi).

Materials, Numbers Made, and Reverence Prices

The temple recorded the production as follows.

  1. Pure gold with red rachawadi enamel (approx. 26.5–28 g) — 99 medals · reverence price 88,000 baht

  2. Pure gold with rachawadi enamel in the birthday colour of Luang Pho Itthi (approx. 26.5–28 g) — 67 medals · reverence price 88,000 baht

  3. Pure gold (approx. 26.5–28 g) — 99 medals · reverence price 86,000 baht

  4. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel, gold figure and base (approx. 8–10 g) — 99 medals · reverence price 36,000 baht

  5. Pure silver with gold figure and base (approx. 8–10 g) — 99 medals · reverence price 35,000 baht

  6. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel front and back, three-colour enamelled figure — 1,899 medals · reverence price 3,500 baht

  7. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel ground, red border, silver figure — 1,499 medals · reverence price 3,300 baht

  8. Pure silver, polished — 1,199 medals · reverence price 3,000 baht

  9. Gold-washed nawaloha with pure-silver figure — 1,299 medals · reverence price 2,700 baht

  10. Nawaloha with red rachawadi enamel — 1,199 medals · reverence price 2,300 baht

  11. Gold-washed bell-metal (khan long hin) — 1,299 medals · reverence price 1,300 baht

  12. Bronze with chemical gold-pattern plating — 1,299 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

  13. Silver-washed bell-metal, gold-plated enamelled figure — 1,199 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

  14. Bronze with 2K plating, gold-plated enamelled figure — 1,299 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

  15. Bronze with black plating, gold pattern, red enamel — 1,799 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

  16. Bronze with black plating, silver pattern, red enamel — 1,599 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

  17. Bronze with silver plating, purple-back enamel, gold-plated enamelled figure — 1,599 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

  18. Bronze with silver plating, red-orange-yellow enamel, gold-plated figure — 1,999 medals · reverence price 1,200 baht

  19. Bronze with kalai gold plating — 2,999 medals · reverence price 900 baht

  20. Bronze with kalai silver plating — 2,999 medals · reverence price 900 baht

  21. Satin silver, figure and base gold-plated and enamelled — 2,999 medals · reverence price 900 baht

  22. Copper with crab-shell black patina — 9,999 medals · reverence price 500 baht

  23. Brass with crab-shell black patina — 9,999 medals · reverence price 500 baht

  24. Swan-number set (bronze with black-rhodium gold-pattern plating and red enamel, one figure black-gold-patterned and one 2K-plated) — 1,027 sets · reverence price 2,400 baht

  25. Committee set (bronze with gold plating in three forms: black-red-orange enamel with green-enamel back and green robe; red-front with blue-enamel back and blue robe; red-front with red-enamel back and red robe) — 2,999 sets · reverence price 3,000 baht

  26. Maha-chanuan alloy with black-rhodium gold-pattern plating and red enamel — 5,000 medals · given in appreciation to those who joined in building the flood-protection embankment around Wat Chulamanee

Gallery of the Medals and the Production List

For 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 list published by the temple, to record the history of this edition, and is not intended for any commercial purpose whatsoever.