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Animals from Thap Mam

Keywords : Chinese art , animal figures, Thap Mam, Lion

Site common nameThap Mam
Type of artworkSculpture
VillageDanang Museum of Cham Sculpture
Province/CityDanang
StateDanang
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 16.059722
Long : 108.223056

History of productionBecause of Chinese influence, the animal figures in Binh Dinh style are in dynamic movement. Most of the animal figures are discovered from Thap Mam.
ArtLion from Thap Mam indicates lots of Chinese characters, including the raising of the paws and the face that explicitly revealing the combination between the lion and the Chinese dragon. The Chinese beard and the dragon-liked mouth indicate the Chinese and Vietnamese artistic influence. During this period, Vietnam played the important political role in the region.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBinh Dinh
Age10th -12th century
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali