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Sangkhalok
Keywords : Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, Sangkhalok
| Site common name | Ramkhamhaeng National Museum |
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| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Sub district | Mueang Kao |
| District | Mueang Sukhothai |
| Province | Sukhothai |
| Region | Central |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 17.018304 Long : 99.707273 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 575278.74 N : 1881715.86 |
| Place of artwork | It is exhibited in the exhibition room of the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum. |
| History of production | Sangkhalok was massively manufactured at Sukhothai and Si Satchanalai. It was continuously manufactured for over a hundred year throughout Sukhothai period carried on to Ayutthaya period. It is presumed that Sangkhalok stopped manufacturing in the end of King Naresuan reign. For Sangkhalok that is used as decoration, there are some artwork features that are comparative to the artwork during the 20th-21st Buddhist century, therefore it is believed that the wares were manufactured during the same period. |
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| Production process | Pottery |
| Art | There are a lot of architectural decoration parts, the important ones are Makara, decorated the finial of a gable and it would develop to be Hang Hong (finials on the outer corners of the lower roof sections), the ridge that would become Cho Fa (gable finials), Barali (finials evenly spaced on the roof-ridge) for roof ridge decoration, purlins , banisters, and floor tiles. |
| Key academic information | Sangkhalok is Sukhothai stonewares. Besides using Sangkhalok as a ware, it is used for decorating the architectures as well. It helps us indicate the construction of the roof-covered buildings such as Vihara and Ubosot which are now already damaged and fallen down, left only the ruins today. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Sukhothai |
| Age | 20th-21st Buddhist century. |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Religion and belief | 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 | 2016-09-30 |
| Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
| Bibliography | Krisada Pinsri, et al. Sukhothai Ceramic wares : Development of Thai Wares. Bangkok : Amarin Printing Group, 2535. Charnvit Kasetsiri (Editor). Sangkhalok-Sukhothai-Aytthaya and Asia. The Summarized Document of International Academic Conference regarding History. Samut Prakan : Toyota Thailand Foundation, 2545. Santi Leksukhum. Sukhothai Art. 3rd edition, Bangkok : Muang Boran, 2555 |
