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The crown-topped Busabok Pulpit
Keywords : The crown-topped Busabok Pulpit, Wat Ratchapradit Sathitmahasimaram, Wat Ratchapradit
| Site common name | Wat Ratchapradit Sathitmahasimaram |
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| Site alternative name | Wat Ratchapradit |
| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Sub district | Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang |
| District | Khet Phra Nakhon |
| Province | Bangkok |
| Region | Central |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 13.749515 Long : 100.495353 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 661673.27 N : 1520525.19 |
| Place of artwork | inside the Sermon Hall |
| History of production | No clear evidence of the date of construction is found, estimating from the art traits, could be built between the reign of King Mongkut and King Chulalongkorn. |
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| Production process | carved wood, gliding, stained glass |
| Art | The crown-topped Busabok is consist of the base, the middle part and the top part. The base is in the Singha style with additional corners with the large piece of wood in the front for the monk to get to the pulpit. The middle part is penetrated with the recessing corners (12-piece) at all four corners. The top part of Busabok has the details similar to the details of Phra Maha Pichai Mongkut (Great Crown of Victory, the Coronation crown of Thailand) featuring the 3-tier of diadem, each tier is decorated with moving flowers. Above it is the funnel. |
| Key academic information | The crown-topped Busabok Pulpit also known as Song Dhamma Throne is located inside the Sermon Hall of Wat Ratchapradit Sathitmahasimaram. It is one of the masterpiece artifacts of Wat Ratchapradit. The Busabok with the crown-styles top is rarely found in Thai arts. Some of the know ones are the Ayutthaya art’s Busabok of Wat Kang Kao, Nonthaburi, Rattanakosin art’s Busabok of the Principle Buddha of Wat Anongkaram, Bangkok and Busabok of Wat Isuanin Wararam in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. The crown top part of Busabok of Wat Ratchapradit has the details similar to the details of Phra Maha Pichai Mongkut (Great Crown of Victory, the Coronation crown of Thailand) featuring the 3-tier of diadem, each tier is decorated with moving flowers, glided on the stained glass to make it seem like the Royal Reginia of Thai Monarch. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Rattanakosin |
| Age | 25th Buddhist Century |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Sect | Theravada |
| Religion and belief | Theravada Buddhism |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2016-10-15 |
| Record creator | Patsaweesiri Premkulanan |
| Bibliography | แน่งน้อย ศักดิ์ศรี, ม.ร.ว.“พระที่นั่งทรงธรรม : วัดราชประดิษฐสถิตมหาสีมาราม”ศิลปวัฒนธรรม. ปีที่ 27, ฉบับที่ 10 (ส.ค. 2549) : หน้า 143-153. พิชญา สุ่มจินดา,บรรณาธิการ.ราชประดิษฐพิพิธบรรณ.กรุงเทพฯ : วัดราชประดิษฐสถิตมหาสีมาราม, 2553. |
