Vehasna Chamroon Thone Hall

Keywords : Vehasna Chamroon Thone Hall, Keng Chin Throne Hall, Tien Meng Toey Throne Hall, Bang Pa-In Palace, King Chulalongkorn the Great, King Rama V

Artwork alternative name	Keng Chin Throne Hall, Tien Meng Toey Throne Hall
Site common name	Bang Pa-In Palace
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Ban Len
District	Bang Pa-in
Province	Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 14.2340439 Long : 100.580548
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 670529.66 N : 1574189.1
Place of artwork	In the north of Bang Pa-In Palace

History of production	Vehasna Chamroon Thone Hall was built in the reign of King Rama V in 1889 AD. Praya Jotuekrajashresthi (Pfak Jotikasvasti) was a principal person in charge, while the construction managers were Luang Satornrajayukta (Yom Bisalayaputra) and Luang Bhoganukul (Jiew) and Prince Sarvashastrashubhakij was a project manager.
Conservation	Vehasna Chamroon Thone Hall was listed and declared an ancient monument in the Government Gazette, no. 98 section 177 on the 27th October 1981. Vehasna Chamroon Thone Hall was restored first in 1991 AD and completed in 1993 AD. The roof tiles were replaced in the original form, while the floor beneath the roof was cemented. The ceiling and roof elements was renovated. The floor of the royal study room on the upper storey was renovated by puncturing a hole in the carving wood and carving T-shaped iron before cementing and putting Chinese porcelain tiles on the surface. The basement was plastered and the veranda floor was ensured the stability and cleaned. Inside the small room, the iron shelves with wooden board were made for storing flowerpots, while the furniture inside the throne hall was cleaned.
Art	Vehasna Chamroon Thone Hall is a brick-and-stucco building and follows the Chinese architecture. The roof uses cureved tiles and decorated by Chinese blsseing symbols. The dragon-venturing-though-cloud sculptures are on the ridge. The reception hall on the first floor has Chinese porcelain tiles with patterns of animals, plants and figures in Chinese mythology. The sign on the top purlin, displaying the name “Tien Meng Toey” was mimic Chinese written by Thai alphabet, while the wooden sculpture around the building display the story of the Three Kingdoms. The marble staircase on the first floor shows the Yin-Yang symbol and leads to Chinese throne. At the back, there is another staircase leading to another Chinese throne on the upper reception hall. The top floor is the area where the tablets of King Rama V and Queen Depsirindra were installed by King Rama V. Later, King Rama VII installed the tablets of King Rama V and Queen Saovabha inside the Chinese niches. In the northern area of the throne hall were the King Rama V’s bedchamber, which has a phoenix-and-dragon carved bed, and Queen Saovabha’s bedchamber, which has wooden-carved, golden-coated with pearl element bed. In the southern area was King Rama V’s study room. The interior decoration used furniture in Qing Dynasty furniture.
Key academic information	Vehasna Chamroon Thone Hall is a Chinese Art throne hall. Praya Jotuekrajashresthi (Pfak Jotikasvasti), the department of the left foreign trade’s director, asked for a permission from King Rama V to build a throne hall inside the winter palace, Bang Pa-In Palace. This throne hall was called in Chinese “Tien Meng Toey”, which can be translated into Thai as Bright Sky Throne Hall or Vehasna (Tien means Sky) Chamroon (Meng means Bright) Thone Hall (Toey). This is the last throne hall that was built in Bang Pa-In Palace.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Rattanakosin
Age	20th century AD
Religion and belief	The Royal Court Custom
Related artwork	Chinese Art Architecture and Decoration

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-06-15
Record creator	Patsaweesiri Premkulanan
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