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The Bell Shape Chedi Wat Kitti
Keywords : Bell-shaped Chedi, Phra That Hariphunchai, Lanna art, Wat Kitti,
| Site common name | Wat Kitti |
|---|---|
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Sub district | Phra Sing |
| District | Mueang Chiang Mai |
| Province | Chiang Mai |
| Region | North |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 18.785014 Long : 98.985846 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 Q Hemisphere : N E : 498508.38 N : 2077040.09 |
| Place of artwork | Inside the Anuban Chiang Mai school |
| History of production | No making history appears, but today it is an abandoned temple. The only remaining evidence is this chedi but from the form it can assumed to be built in the 20th Buddhist Century. |
|---|---|
| Conservation | Announcing the registration of archaeological sites in the Government Gazette, Volume 98, Chapter 177, 27 October 1981. |
| Art | This chedi is a bell shaped chedi in a circular plan. It has many layers of flat base and lotus base supporting the bell, throne, cylinders and spire. |
| Key academic information | The Lanna art bell-shaped chedi that replicates styles from Phra That Hariphunchai. |
| Notice | This chedi may be a stupa containing the bone ash of the mother of Phra Muang Kaew because he gave the fire and built a chedi to contain relics at Wat Kitti in 1504, which corresponds to the age of this chedi. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Lanna |
| Age | 20th Buddhist Century |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Sect | Theravada |
| Religion and belief | Theravada |
| Related artwork | 1. Phra That Hariphunchai, Lamphun Province is an example of a truly Lanna bell-shaped chedi which became the prototype for the bell shaped chedi in the Lanna art that was built after this chedi. 2. The Bell Shape Chedi of Wat Inthakhin Sadue Mueang, Chaing Mai province is a truly Lanna bell-shaped chedi that cover a castle-shaped chedi. It shows the age of this chedi, which is newer than the castle-shaped chedi. |
| 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 | 2016-05-25 |
| Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
| Bibliography | ศิลปากร, กรม. การขึ้นทะเบียนโบราณสถานภาคเหนือในเขตรับผิดชอบของหน่วยศิลปากรที่ 4 ตามโครงการสำรวจและขึ้นทะเบียนโบราณสถานของกองโบราณคดี. กรุงเทพฯ: กรม, 2525. ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์. ศิลปะล้านนา. กรุงเทพฯ: มติชน, 2556. อรุณรัตน์ วิเชียรเขียว. วัดร้างในเวียงเชียงใหม่. พิมพ์ครั้งที่ 2. เชียงใหม่: สุริวงศ์ บุ๊คเซนเตอร์, 2539. สงวน โชติสุขรัตน์. คนดีเมืองเหนือ. พระนคร: โอเดียนสโตร์, 2515. |
