Dhamma Book Chest

Site common name	National Museum of Phra Nakhon
Type of artwork	Painting
Sub district	Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang
District	Khet Phra Nakhon
Province	Bangkok
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 13.7576 Long : 100.492222
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 663663.14 N : 1521418.09
Place of artwork	It is exhibited in the exhibition room of the National Museum of Phra nakhon.

History of production	From the art style, it is assumed that it was created in Late Ayutthaya, around 23 century B.E.
Production process	Apply gold leaf on black coat or Watering pattern
Conservation	Moved from Choeng Wai temple
Size	175 centimeters tall
Art	Dhamma Book Chest is decorated with Watering pattern. The top part of the chest is a covered with a picture of a tree with branches, leaves, and flowers. On the bottom part, there is a characteristic Thai design resembling tongues of flame, Garuda, birds, insects, squirrel, and other animals. Although the top and the bottom parts show different components, the details are still very harmonious and lively. This shows the freedom of the artist in using the imagination to creating the artwork without having any bad effect to the convention or nature’s rules.
Key academic information	Dhamma Book Chest from Choeng Wai temple is decorated with very high quality Watering pattern. It is very detailed and beautiful.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Late Ayutthaya
Age	23th century B.E.
Religion	Buddhism
Religion and belief	Buddhism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-09-30
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng and Nirin Phukham
Bibliography	Prayoon U-luchata (nornapaknam). Dhamma Book Chest, the best of Watering pattern, Bangkok: Ancient City, 2001. Settaman Kanjanakul. Watering pattern cabinet, Bangkok: Setthasilp, 2016.