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Jataka Narrative in Terracotta: Mahajanaka
Keywords : Chadok, Bagan, The sculptural series narrating the story of the Buddha’s life
| Site common name | Piet Leik |
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| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Province/City | Bagan |
| State | Mandalay |
| Country | Myanmar |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 21.148889 Long : 94.8575 |
| Art | Piet Liek Chedi is a bell-shaped chedi of the early Puklam period, influenced by Pala art. The base of the chedi contains 550 naratives scene in terracotta. These scenes are made of terracotta, but have not been enameled in green, which is different from Chavechikong. This shows that these scences may be dated in the pre-Pukam and the early Pukam period. |
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| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Pagan |
| Age | 16-18 centuries BE. |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Religion and belief | 550 narative scenes always appear in Chadok scripture and Chadok Autthakatha. It is very common that these scenes are used to decorate religious places in Pukam. This scene is the scene of Mahainnaka, one of the ten most important scenes. |
| Related artwork | The interpretation is made based on the scene that a human was jumping off the mast, which was the event when the ship was sinking. He then jumped off the ship and swam in the ocean. |
| 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 | 2015-07-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
