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Sim : Wat Mai
Keywords : Laotian Art, Sim
| Artwork alternative name | - |
|---|---|
| Site common name | Wat Mai |
| Site alternative name | - |
| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | - |
| Province/City | Luang Prabang |
| State | Luang Prabang |
| Country | Laos |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 19.896944 Long : 102.144444 |
| History of production | Wat mai is a royal temple located closest to Luang Phra Bang royal palace. It was built by king Anuruth and king Munthataraj. It was the house for the supreme patriarch of Loas until the kingdom was ended. |
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| Art | Sim at Wat Mai has a distinctive roof tiering system. The building is in a rectangular plan that alnost resembles a square one. The top tier is a “Loi” type of tier on top of the main roof. Below is the bird-winged roofs that covers the Palai. Each tier has high supporting poles. At the front, there is “Hor Kwang”, which is a special feature of this sim. |
| 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) |
|---|---|
| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
