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The Main Buddha Image
Keywords : Wat Chedi Luang, Buddha image, Lanna art, King Tilokkarat , The Main Buddha Image, The Standing Buddha Image, Phra Chao Kaa King Phraya Mangrai
Artwork alternative name | The Standing Buddha Image |
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Site common name | Wat Chedi Luang |
Type of artwork | Sculpture |
Sub district | Phra Sing |
District | Mueang Chiang Mai |
Province | Chiang Mai |
Region | North |
Country | Thailand |
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 18.787021 Long : 98.987151 |
Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 498645.98 N : 2077262.08 |
Place of artwork | In the main vihara |
History of production | This Buddha image was made by the mother of King Tilokarat in 1407. |
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Production process | Bronze casting |
Art | This Buddha image is in the standing gesture displaying the Abhaya Mudra. It has round face, big knotted hair, flaming halo, look-down eyes, slightly open mouth, knotted jaw, chubby body, oblique robe, and the sanghati reaching belly and waistcloth. |
Key academic information | It is an example of Lanna art Buddha images in the 20th Buddhist century that combines both Singh Neung and Singh Song Buddha image types. |
Notice | This Buddha image displays the characteristics of Buddha images in the last phase of the 20th Buddhist century in Lanna art which is a combination of the Singh Neung Buddha image Pattern, which is characterized by the rounded face, knotted jaw and fat body. And the Singh Song which comprises the flaming halo, and sanghati reaching belly and waistcloth. |
Period | Historical Period |
Art period | Lanna |
Age | Late 20th Buddhist Century |
Religion | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada |
Religion and belief | Theravada |
Related artwork | 1. The Walking Buddha image on the decorated gold plates on the chedi bell of Wat Phra That Hariphunchai, Lamphun Province is an example of a walking Buddha image in Lanna art that is clearly influenced by Sukhothai art. 2. Phra Chao Kaa King Phraya Mangrai of Wat Phraya Mangrai, Chiang Mai province is an example of a walking Buddha image in the 20th Buddhist century that is contemporary with the main Buddha image of Wat Chedi Luang. |
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 | 2016-05-18 |
Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |