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Lintel

Keywords : Tap Lang (Lintels), Kulen, Jayavarman II, Java, Hindu, Hariharalaya

Site common namePrasat Trapangphong
Type of artworkSculpture
Province/CitySiem Reap
CountryCambodia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree
Lat : 13.309167
Long : 103.9675

History of productionThe Lintel is attached to the Prasat. It is assumed to be built during the reign of Jayavarman II after he relocated the capital from the top of Phnom Kulen sacred mountain to the plainland known as Hariharalaya.
ArtLintel is a piece of architecture found in Khmer art. It is always mounted on the entrance door frame. The Lintels of Kulen Period receive influences from Java Art which included The Kala carved in the upper middle part of the garland, both ends are Makara facing out as with the pattern of the Kala-Makara Arch of Central Java Art. The garland parts is decorated with the upward leaf pattern hanging down in the Kampong Phra Style of Art. The round tokens are modified to be the round flowers. Underneath the garland in the space between the leaves, there are bunches of flowers suspended from a garland.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodKulen
Age14th Buddhist Century
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali