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Boundary marker

Keywords : Buddha image, Boundary marker , Bangkok National Museum , Buddha Images Showing Vitarkamudra, Life of Buddha

Site common nameBangkok National Museum
Site alternative nameNational Museum Phranakorn
Type of artworkSculpture
Sub districtPhra Borom Maha Ratchawang
DistrictKhet Phra Nakhon
ProvinceBangkok
RegionCentral
CountryThailand
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree
Lat : 13.7576
Long : 100.492222
Geographic Coordinates
UTM
Zone : 47 P
Hemisphere : N
E : 661329.97
N : 1521418.09
Place of artworkIn Davravati Room

History of production

The construction history remains unclear. However, the art characteristics suggest that it might have been built in Dvaravati period.

Art

This is a thin boundary marker. Although heavily damaged, the story can still be seen clearly. The Lord Buddha stands with both hands depicting the attitude of giving sermon. The image has square face, low-looking and protruding eyes, large nose and splitting mouth.

The monastic robe covers the whole body. The front part of the robe goes pass the knee in a curvy shape. The back part of the robe falls down in a square shape to the ankle. The cloth falls down to the ankle as well.

On the left, there is a small man wearing ornaments like a god. Next to this, there is another man paying obeisance behind the cloud. From old photographs, it ca be assumed that the composition on the right side may be the same despite being completely damaged.

It is not clear as to which part of the life of the Lord Buddha this marker is, but some scholars assumed that it is the scene when he descended from the heaven with two gods beside him.
SchoolNortheast
Key academic information

This is an example of a boundary marker depicting the life of Buddha.

Notice

Discovered from Fahdaadsongyang, Kamalasai District, Kalasin

PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodDvaravati
Age12th -16th centuries BE.
ReligionBuddhism
Religion and beliefBuddhism

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2016-08-19
Record creatorRungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography

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รุ่งโรจน์ ธรรมรุ่งเรือง, “หลักหิน-ใบเสมาในวัฒนธรรมทวารวดีภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือของประเทศไทย” กรุงเทพฯ สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนา มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2557.

ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์, ศิลปะทวารวดี วัฒนธรรมพุทธศาสนายุคแรกเริ่มในดินแดนไทย. กรุงเทพฯ : เมืองโบราณ, 2547.