Standing crowned and bejewelled Buddha

More Is More: Massing Revered Objects in a Temple

The throne shrine and the arrangement of art objects around it are meant to evoke, in a general way, the feeling of being in a Buddhist temple in Myanmar (Burma) or Thailand. In temples, the main Buddha image is often densely surrounded by all sorts of other objects from various regions and time periods, such as sculptures, offering containers, and donations from pious people, sometimes even including items like grandfather clocks.