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Boundary marker
Keywords : Buddha image, Boundary marker , Bangkok National Museum , Buddha Images Showing Vitarkamudra, Life of Buddha
Site common name | Bangkok National Museum |
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Site alternative name | National Museum Phranakorn |
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 : 13.7576 Long : 100.492222 |
Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 661329.97 N : 1521418.09 |
Place of artwork | In Davravati Room |
History of production | The construction history remains unclear. However, the art characteristics suggest that it might have been built in Dvaravati period. |
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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. |
School | Northeast |
Key academic information | This is an example of a boundary marker depicting the life of Buddha. |
Notice | Discovered from Fahdaadsongyang, Kamalasai District, Kalasin |
Period | Historical Period |
Art period | Dvaravati |
Age | 12th -16th centuries BE. |
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 | 2016-08-19 |
Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
Bibliography | รุ่งโรจน์ ธรรมรุ่งเรือง, ทวารวดีในอีสาน. กรุงเทพฯ : มติชน, 2558. รุ่งโรจน์ ธรรมรุ่งเรือง, “หลักหิน-ใบเสมาในวัฒนธรรมทวารวดีภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือของประเทศไทย” กรุงเทพฯ สถาบันวิจัยและพัฒนา มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2557. ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์, ศิลปะทวารวดี วัฒนธรรมพุทธศาสนายุคแรกเริ่มในดินแดนไทย. กรุงเทพฯ : เมืองโบราณ, 2547. |