Vintage Framed Thai Buddhist Votive Plaques. This is approx 12 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 32 1/4" and it weighs 0.40lb. Thai Buddhist Votive Plaques, Sukhothai style, cast in relief from a metal alloy of tin and lead with an iron like surface. (It is reported that in 1957 an excavation was performed at Wat Ratchanaburana (built circa 1424) wherein 100,000 tablets were found from contemporaneous sources and cultures as well as from previous eras. In the following year to help finance the rebuilding of the temple a number of these tablets found were sold to the public. It is possible that this tablet was among those sold at that time).The frame has heavy wear and the border frame around the bottom plaque is coming off. There is some wear and cracks on the plaques. Please see the images as they are part of the description.
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