Tao Wessuwan Edition “Laphon Phun Thawi — Setthi Suwannaphum,” Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2562 (2019)

The sacred objects of Tao Wessuwan in the edition “Laphon Phun Thawi — Setthi Suwannaphum” (Multiplying Fortune — Millionaire of the Golden Land) form the first sacred-art edition created by Wat Chulamanee, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, in the Buddhist year B.E. 2562 (2019 CE), with the purpose of raising funds to build the crematorium and the Dhamma-samvega pavilion at Wat Chulamanee, and to contribute to the project of building the chanting hall at Wat Khae, Suphan Buri Province.

The pieces depict Tao Wessuwan standing in full regalia, holding his club, above a lotus base and flame ornamentation, made in the forms of a Buddha image, medal, cast standing figure, club, and yantra cloth.

Rite and Production

Reservations were open from the opening of the list until 15 May 2019, and the edition was consecrated in the Great Deva-abhiseka rite in July B.E. 2562 at Wat Chulamanee, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province. Every piece bears a code and a serial number; wherever one reserves, there one receives the piece.

Items, Materials, Numbers Made, and Reverence Prices

The temple set out the production as follows.

Buddha images, height 21 inches (24 inches including base)

1. Bronze, AP (produced by Asia Fine Art Co.) — 3 made · not offered for reverence

2. Bronze (produced by Asia Fine Art Co.) — 39 made · reverence price 35,000 baht

3. Brass — 99 made · reverence price 12,000 baht

Tao Wessuwan medals, 3.9 cm high, 3.2 cm wide

1. Gold with red enamel (approx. 35 g) — 9 medals · reverence price 72,000 baht (with the complimentary silver, gold-mask medal coded “Maha-setthi,” 1 medal, and lead trial-strike un-trimmed medals coded “Maha-setthi,” 30 medals)

2. Gold (approx. 35 g) — 29 medals · reverence price 68,000 baht (with the complimentary silver, gold-mask medal coded “Setthi,” 1 medal, and lead trial-strike medals coded “Setthi,” 30 medals)

3. Silver with enamel (red, yellow, pink, green, orange, blue, purple, black) — 49 of each colour · reverence price 2,200 baht

4. Silver, satin finish — 99 medals · reverence price 2,000 baht

5. Silver — 199 medals · reverence price 1,800 baht

6. Copper, satin finish — 999 medals · reverence price 300 baht

7. Copper — 1,999 medals · reverence price 260 baht

Cast standing figures, 3.9 cm high

1. Gold (approx. 15 g) — 19 figures · reverence price 35,000 baht

2. Silver, satin finish — 99 figures · reverence price 2,200 baht

3. Silver — 199 figures · reverence price 2,000 baht

4. Copper, satin finish — 499 figures · reverence price 1,200 baht

5. Bronze (samrit) — 999 figures · reverence price 1,000 baht

Tao Wessuwan clubs, 3 cm long

1. Gold — 29 pieces · price on enquiry

2. Silver — 299 pieces · reverence price 1,600 baht

3. Bronze (samrit) — 1,999 pieces · reverence price 500 baht

Yantra cloth (handkerchief), 12×12 inches (serially numbered)

1. Yantra cloth — 499 pieces · reverence price 150 baht

Gift set, Tao Wessuwan medals, 3 medals in all

1. Set of 3 medals (1. gold-alloy sacred metal, silver-plated, blue enamel; 2. copper, black-patina, copper mask; 3. raw copper) — 299 sets · reverence price 1,000 baht

Gallery of the Sacred Objects and 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 Wat Chulamanee, to record the history of this edition, and is not intended for any commercial purpose whatsoever.