Thai Buddhist art influenced Myanmar Buddhist art through four major waves, from the post-Bagan Mon kingdom of Hanthawaddy to nineteenth-century Shan sculpture. This article explores Sukhothai, Lanna, Ayutthaya and Rattanakosin influences, examining Buddha images, throne decoration, silver repoussé, crowned Buddhas and the distinctive *kanok* flame pattern.

Long before Sukhothai and Ayutthaya, Buddhist art flourished across present-day Thailand. The Dvaravati tradition, closely associated with Mon-speaking communities, emerged from cultural exchanges with India from the 6th century onward. By the 8th–11th centuries, local workshops produced distinctive stone and bronze Buddhas, Buddhist wheels and remarkable narrative sema stones. From Nakhon Pathom to Khon Kaen, Dvaravati art became a foundation of later Thai Buddhist sculpture