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The Subduing Mara Buddha Image
Keywords : Buddha image, The attitude of subduing Mara, Lanna art,
| Site common name | Chiang Mai National Museum |
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| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Sub district | Chang Phueak |
| District | Mueang Chiang Mai |
| Province | Chiang Mai |
| Region | North |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 18.811134 Long : 98.976711 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 497546.13 N : 2079930.27 |
| Place of artwork | In the exhibition hall |
| History of production | No history appears, but from the form, it can be determined the age in the reign of Phra Muang Kaew or the middle of the 21st Buddhist century. |
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| Production process | Bronze casting |
| Key academic information | The examples of Lanna art Buddha image in the reign of Phra Mueang Kaew. |
| Notice | The three supporting legs at the base, originally are the pipeline or the fuse for casting the Buddha image which would normally be cut off, but the Buddha images in the reign of King Muang Kaew popularly kept. Therefore, this is something that helps in determining the age of this Buddha image more clearly. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Lanna |
| Age | 21st Buddhist Century |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Sect | Theravada |
| Religion and belief | Theravada |
| Related artwork | 1. Phra Chao Kao Tue of Wat Suan Dok, Chiang Mai province is an example of a Buddha image created in the reign of Phra Mueang Kaew which has the same characteristics as the overall, but Phra Chao Kao Tue sat on a different kind of base, which may be due to the large size of the Buddha image. 2. The Subduing Mara Buddha image with inscription, 1497 of Wat Phan Tao, Chiang Mai province is an example of a Buddha image that is identical in every characteristics Buddhist art and has a clear inscription that can be used as an example to help determine the age of this Buddha image. |
| 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 | 2016-05-17 |
| Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
| Bibliography | ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์. พระพุทธรูปในประเทศไทย : รูปแบบ พัฒนาการ และความเชื่อของคนไทย. กรุงเทพฯ: ภาควิชาประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ คณะโบราณคดี มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2556. สันติ เล็กสุขุม. ศิลปะภาคเหนือ : หริภุญไชย-ล้านนา. พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 3. กรุงเทพฯ: เมืองโบราณ, 2555. สำนักงานโบราณคดีและพิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติที่ 6 เชียงใหม่. นำชมพิพิธภัณฑสถานแห่งชาติเชียงใหม่. กรุงเทพฯ: สำนัก, 2542. |
