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Scriptural Hall: Wat Peng
Keywords : Laotian Art, Tripitaka hall, Wat In Peng
| Artwork alternative name | - |
|---|---|
| Site common name | Wat In Peng |
| Site alternative name | - |
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | - |
| Province/City | Vieng Chan |
| State | Vientiane |
| Country | Laos |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 17.966667 Long : 102.602222 |
| History of production | - |
|---|---|
| Art | Scriptural hall at Wat Peng is the only genuine Lan Chang scriptural hall that survived that destruction of Vientiane in the reign of king Anuwong. It is a small cemeted-brick building in a rectangular plan. The base is a complex Laotian Bua Khao Prom. The chamber has a door and three highly decorated windows on the other three sides. This is the picture of the window arch of the top part of the Prasat. The roof consists of a tier of large sloping roof and the lotus flower shaped base on top. The structure of the Prasat is similar to Lanna art. There are traces of stuccos divided into parts,which might have been the storytelling scences. Now, they all have been flaked off. |
| School | Vientiane |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Lanchang |
| Age | 22-24 centuries BE. |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Sect | Theravada |
| Religion and belief | - |
| Related artwork | - |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
|---|---|
| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
