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  Chulalongkorn songmah

 

Thailand

King Chulalongkorn songmah, i.e. an equestrian statue of King Rama V erected at the Royal Plaza to commemorate the King's Jubilee of 40 Years on the Throne. It was cast in 1908, by order of the king himself, after an equestrian statue he had seen in Paris, but his with all four hooves on the ground, indicating the steadfast authority and power of its rider, or meaning its rider was still alive when it was cast, at least according to one popular equestrian iconographic interpretation. This statue is depicted on the commemorative banknotes of 10 baht, issued in 1995, as well as on several postage stamps, with the first original series being issued in 1908.

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