Mural Painting Wat Thung Sri Meung

Keywords : Mural Paintings Depicting, Phra Ubosot, King Rama IV, Wat Thung Sri Meung, Phra Putthabhat hall, Lanchang Art, Laotian Art, King Rama III

Site common name	Wat Thung Sri Meung
Type of artwork	Painting
Sub district	Nai Mueang
District	Mueang Ubon Ratchathani
Province	Ubon Ratchathani
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 15.229682 Long : 104.861055
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 48 P Hemisphere : N E : 485078.43 N : 1683734.85
Place of artwork	Inside Phra Putthabhat hall or the ordination hall

History of production	No painting evidence is available, but it is assumed that it was painted during the reign of King Rama 4 because the hall itself was constructed in 1783, which was during the reign of King Rama 3.
Production process	Powder Color
Conservation	Registered as archaeological site in the Government Gazette, Volume 98, Episode 104, 30 June 1981
Art	Mural paintings at this Phra Putthabhat hall were painted on the walls, the walls behind the doors and the columns. The paintings were painted in various stories including Vessanatara Jataka, Phra Malai and Buddha’s life. The walls behind the doors were painted with Pajittakumara Jataka, Julapata Jataka and Sin Chai. The columns were painted with Sin Chai stories, lotus bud and intertwined spray patterns. The painting techniques might have been influenced by the royal school of art in Bangkok. The techniques include patterns of the main characters, the palaces, and color status. However, there were also pictures of local folk life in the paintings.
School	Rattanakosin
Key academic information	An example of a beautiful and complete mural painting that demonstrates the expansion of Rattanakosin influence to the northeast.
Notice	1.Mural paintings at this temple were painted from various stories and in a non-chronological order. This is one of the features of mural paintings in the northeast, which is different from those in the central area where stories were often painted in chronological order. 2. Initially, some scholars categorized the paintings at Wat Thung Sri Meung as a combination of Lanchang and Bangkok influence. However, it is more likely to only be of Bangkok influence.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lanchang
Age	24th Buddhist century
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada
Religion and belief	Theravada
Related artwork	1. Mural Painting at Wat Na Phra Dhat, Nakorn Ratchasrima. This is an example of mural painting in the northeast that was influenced by Rattanakosin art. 2. Mural painting at Wat Pa Lae Lai, Mahasarakham. This is an example of mural painting in the northeast that was influenced by Rattanakosin art.

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-08-17
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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