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Funeral Urn Storage : Wat Xiang Thong
Keywords : Laotian Art, cinerary urn
| Artwork alternative name | - |
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| Site common name | Wat Xiang Thong |
| Site alternative name | - |
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | - |
| Province/City | Luang Prabang |
| State | Luang Prabang |
| Country | Laos |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 19.888889 Long : 102.138611 |
| History of production | Funeral urn storage at Wat Xiang Thiong was built in the reign of king Mahachevit Srisawangwong to be the storage for ashes and a royal chariot to install the ashes. |
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| Art | Funeral urn storage is the latest type pf building at Wat Xiang Thong. It was built to store the ashes and the royal chariot. This is the reason why the front wall consists of wooden pieces so that it is easy to reassemble when the royal charioy needs to be used. The front wall is craved with secral stories from Ramayana such as Srida and the fire, Raman fighting the giants, Tossakan fighting Chadayu bird and the fall of Tossakan. These were carved by “Piertan” who was the royal craftman in the late 25 to the early 26 century. This craftman had a unique artistic characteristic that has become the present Laotian school of art in that the cravings are very real following the realism, but wear the traditional ornaments. Also, the carvings are in the mist of Kanok pattern leaving no blank space. |
| School | Luang Phra Bang |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Lanchang |
| Age | 23 -24 centuries BE. |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Sect | Theravada |
| Religion and belief | - |
| Related artwork | - |
| 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 | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
