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SculptureLacquered with Mother of Pearl inlaid panels depicting first class Royal Decorations
The Mother of Pearl inlaid panels concist of 5 Royal Decorations as follows: 1.the Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems, 2.the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri, 3.Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, 4.Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, and 5.Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand. Made of small shards of pearl, each of these motifs is surrounded by a shoulder strap and a chain depicting the initial of the King Rama 9’s name, namely จ.ป.ร. and the Emblem of the Royal House of Chakri. These motifs represent the high-ranked Royal Decorations.
ArchitectureWat Ratbophit Sathitmahasimaram
The Ubosot is in Thai traditional style. The masonry building has wooden roof with ceramics tiles. The wall is furnished with five-colored glazed porcelain tiles and deity motifs. The roof structure was built from wood and roofing with ceramics tile and decorated with Thai traditional ornament. The main pediment illustrates a seven headed elephant carrying a pedestal tray with a coronet flanked by tiered-umbrellas held by a lion and a Gajasimha (half elephant and lion). The second pediment depicts Narayana on GarudaGlided and stucco door and window pediments are in a traditional Thai roof form with decoration. The interior door panels are adorned with lacquer and glided lotus bud or Phum Khao Bin motifs; while the exterior of each door panel illustrates five different first class Royal Decorations, namely the Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems, the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri, Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao, Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, and Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand. The interior of the Ubosot was decorated in Neo-Gothic style of the western art, and the Ubosot also enshrines the principal Buddha Image named Phra Phuttha Angkhirot.The bell-shaped Chedi with round ground plan features a bell-shaped Gharbhaya supported by a multi-tiered flower garland moulding with a five-coloured-glazed porcelain decoration similar to that of the Ubosot’s interior wall. The Chedi is in a galleried-enclosure with a colored-glazed porcelain tiled roof. Round pillars supporting the gallery are made of marble and come with lotus capitals. The Vihāra is a traditional Thai building which is similar to the Ubosot but has some different features, that is, the Vihāra is smaller than the Ubosot. Its wooden window and door panels are not pearl-inlaid, but they are carved in Royal Decoration patterns, lacquered, gilded and painted.
PaintingKhao Chan Ngam Prehistoric color paintings
All paintings are in red color. They are 2-4 meters above the ground. Past studies of the Fine Arts Department and Silpakorn University classified the paintings that were found into 12 groups according to the position found. There are 44 paintings altogether, 32 human paintings, 5 animal paintings (dog, birds or chicken, lizard? porcupine? tiger?), a painting of a bow and an arrow. And 5 paintings that are unable to identify. 2 painting techniques used are silhouette and outline. Most people in the paintings have large calves wearing sarong but no shirt. Women in the paintings have a bird's tail hanging from the waist and form a tassel on their head.Group 1: These are the most prominent and important set of paintings on the east stone wall with the size of 1x2 meters. The paintings are silhouette. There are 2 rows (top and bottom) of a group of 14 people, both male and female, children and adults, and a picture of a dog. Details are as follows:Top row: It is a painting of 3 people. The first person shows only half the body without the head. The second person is standing with his arms open and there is cloth with the striped hem spread out from both sides of the waist. The painting was drawn from a straight angle but the person in the painting is turning his face to the right. The side of the third person is displayed. He is turning his face to a different direction from the second person. This is a painting with a neck, some parts of the body, and thighs missing. Bottom row: It is a painting of people walking in a line. The first painting of the bottom row is about 30 centimeters below the top row. It is a painting of a person standing in a position of shooting arrows with an arrow already being shot out from the bow. The painting shows the side view of the person with hair on the head, cloth hanging from the front and the back and the outer hem of the cloth is with stripes. The back leg of the person was shifted. Next to this painting is the painting of a male dog with upright ears and sword tail. Its body is long and thin. Below the painting of the dog is a painting of 2 persons, one is a man and another one is a woman. One is sitting with the knees up and another one has the top naked with a big belly and a tail like a bird. It seems like they are talking in the painting. Next to that is a painting of a person standing with arms akimbo wearing two pieces of clothes covering the front and the back. The right arm is raised up to the elbow. The painting shows the side of the person. About 20 centimeters from this painting is a painting of a hunchback person with hair on the head, cloth hanging from the front and the back and the front hem of the cloth is with stripes. The right hand is stretching out to hold an object like a cane. In front of this painting is a painting of a person standing with both arms raised as if the person is performing a traditional dance. The back thigh is missing. Next is a painting of a side view of woman performing a traditional dance. In front of the woman is a person stretching out the arms with a veil and there is a cross on the back of the veil. Next to that is a painting of 2 children performing a traditional dance. One child is raising up both of the arms and another one is raising up the right arm while the left arm akimbo. They wear two pieces of clothes covering the front and the back. Following that is a faint red painting. Group 2: Located on the eastern side of the stone wall near the paintings of group 1, but they are on a different stone wall. There is a clear painting of a person running or performing a traditional dance while looking back. The detail from the knees to the toes are missing. This side of the wall has a trace of painting, but has completely faded and only red stripes can be seen. Group 3: Located on the eastern side of the stone wall. It is a painting of a man catching a reptile that looks like a chameleon, an iguana, or a lizard. There are 3 zigzag lines not far from the painting of the person.Group 4: Located on the eastern side of the stone wall. It is a painting of 3 people with no head in a standing position. Two of them are wearing cloth like short skirts above the knee.Group 5: Located on the western side of the stone wall. It is a painting of 3 people standing next to a painting of an animal that looks like a hedgehog or a wild boar. 2 painting techniques were used, silhouette and outline. The animal and the person standing in front of the animal were drawn in outline. Another painting of the person in a running position wearing cloth that covers the front and the back is in silhouette. Group 6: A painting of 3 people. The most completed person is in the center of the painting. It is a painting of a man spreading his arms out wearing cloth that covers the front and the back. The details from the knees and lower are missing. It can be assumed that the person is performing a traditional dance. The other 2 paintings are not completed, one with half of the top part of the body missing and another one with the lower part starting from the hip is missing. Group 7: A painting of an animal that looks like a lion or a tiger. There are 5 red dots in front of the animal caused by some missing colors.Group 8: A painting of 2 people performing a traditional dance. The painting shows only the top part of the body, the bottom part is missing. Group 9: A painting of a person with the arms raised. One side of the tip of the arm and the leg are missing. There are vertical stripes drawn on the side of the person. That maybe the person painting that has faded (?) Group 10 A painting of a person with no head and the body is in a curling position. Group 11 There are three paintings that all may be paintings of 3 people, but the paintings are faded and unclear. Group 12 A painting of a half-body person with the right arm spread out and the left arm paralleled to the ground.
SculptureThe Reclining Buddha
This reclining Buddha was constructed by piling large sandstones and craving them into a Buddha image. It is in reclining on the right (so called Sri Saiyas). The right arm is laid on the ground to support the head. The left arm is place on the body. Both feet are placed evenly. The face is made of craving of several sandstones and has several conventional Dvaravati characteristics including square face, prominent and connected eyebrows, low-looking and prominent eyes, large nose, big mount.
SculptureBuddha Image
A few parts of the Buddha Image remain, namely the feet and the lotus base. The feet are on a rectangular sandstone block with a long tenon below, while the rounded lotus base bears the inscription upon its lower section. In the middle of the base is cut as a mortise hole fitting the feet piece.
SculpturePhra Sihing Patimakorn Buddha
The Buddha images are sitting on a lion base in meditation attitude. On top of the base are stacked lotuses. The face is quite round with small hair curl, and flame-like halo. The image wears a slanting rope in the length of the stomach.
ArchitectureWat Rajapradit Sathit Mahasimaram
There are a lot of important architecture styles inside Wat Rajapradit Sathit Mahasimara, both for the temple area and the area for the monks. In the temple area, there is a royal monastery in a traditional Thai style. The building is decorated with marble. The wooden roof is decorated with Lam Yong decorative tile. The gable is the picture of Maha Makut and Phra Khan placed on an ornate tray. Below the gable is a picture of an important elephant with tiered umbrellas on both sides. Behind the vihara is Pasana Chedi which is the principal pagoda of the temple. It is a bell-shape pagoda made of marble. Phra Jom Tower is another important building in the temple. The temples with only temples and pagodas can be found in the temple built according to the wishes of King Rama IV. The monk’s area of this temple is prohibited for women.
SculptureThe crown-topped Busabok Pulpit
The crown-topped Busabok is consist of the base, the middle part and the top part. The base is in the Singha style with additional corners with the large piece of wood in the front for the monk to get to the pulpit. The middle part is penetrated with the recessing corners (12-piece) at all four corners. The top part of Busabok has the details similar to the details of Phra Maha Pichai Mongkut (Great Crown of Victory, the Coronation crown of Thailand) featuring the 3-tier of diadem, each tier is decorated with moving flowers. Above it is the funnel.
