Judging from the style this image belongs to the Chiang Saen period. It is believed that it was made in northern Thailand in the 15th century, not earlier than that. According to a northern chronicle it was found in a stupa in Chiang Rai province by an abbot in 1434. In 1552 it was taken to Laos by a prince of Chiang Mai and remained in Laos for 226 years.