5951772 Buddha parade making the gesture of the absence of fear of both hands (abhayamudra). Thailand, art of Ratanakosin, beginning of the 19th century. Bronze lacquer, gold by Thai School, (19th century); (add.info.: Buddha parade making the gesture of the absence of fear of both hands (abhayamudra). Thailand, art of Ratanakosin, beginning of the 19th century. Bronze lacquer, gold and incrusted with lead eglomise. In general terms, the image of the Buddha adorns, revetated with all the external signs of the kingdom, refers to the notion of spiritual sovereignty he embodied. In the arts of Southeast Asia, particularly in Thailand, this type of representation also derives from an apocryphal text, the Jambupati Sutta, where it is said that the Buddha lowered the pride of an incredulous and vindictive monarch by appearing to him as a sumptuously adorned ruler.); Photo by Sylvain Collet; Thai, out of copyright.