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The Bhadrapitha Throne

The throne chair has a semicircular shape with armrest and backrest
with few supports connected to the seat. The throne was decorated with
the seven-tiered umbrella for the ceremony in the reigns of King Rama I to
King Rama VII, but the umbrella was adjusted to become nine-tiered for
the Royal Coronation Ceremony of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej
Borommanathbobitra (Rama IX). The seat of the throne is a gold-plated copper

sheet, inscribed with the figure of a lion in the center, which is surrounded with
Thai patterns of kranok. The edges and the legs of the throne are decorated
with the gold-inlay niello designs. Its carved wooden base is gilded with gold
and ornamented with glass mosaics. The two flanking tables are of carved
wood, gilded with gold and ornamented with glass mosaics; the table legs
are carved into the figures of nagas. It is upon these tables that the Royal
Regalia and the Royal Utensils are placed. The throne is enshrined on the
west portico of the Baisal Daksin Throne Hall, inside the Grand Place. It is the
throne upon which the King is seated when he receives the Royal Regalia,

Royal Decorations and the Royal Utensils in the Royal Coronation Ceremony.

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