To celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Her Royal Highness Somdet Phra Srinakharintra the Princess Mother in 1990, Chiang Rai commissioned a Chinese artist to sculpt a new image from Canadian jade. Mr. Howard Lowe, a Chinese millionaire from Canada donated best grade Canadian jadestone of nearly 1.5 tons for carving into a Buddha image. A model was cast by Chiang Rai artist, Kanok Vissvakul and the image carving was carried out in China in the support of Thanpuying Boonruen Choonhavan. It is intentionally a very close but not exact replica of the Phra Kaew Morakot in Bangkok, with dimensions of 48.3 cm across the base and 65.90 in height (the original is 48.3 cm and 66 cm respectively); the stand is made from the same jade in the form of lotus blossom. Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother had graciously granted the name for the Buddha image as Phra Buddha Ratnakorn Navuti Wassanusornmongkhol, roughly translated as “the ultimate blessed jewel-made Buddha image” and a common name as Phra Yok Chiang Rai. The sacred blessing ceremony was held at the Royal Chapel of the temple of the Emerald Buddha in Grand Palace, Bangkok on September 20, 1991. The ceremony was graciously presided over by His Majesty the King, who anointed and sprinkled it with sacred water in the presence of charismatic Buddhist monks and faithful laymen. After that the Phra Yok Chiang Rai was taken to Chiang Rai, where a grand and spectacular procession and religious celebration activities were held to welcome and commemorate the Buddha image as the provincial Buddhist statue.