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Sukhothai Art
Royal
8 9 ORIGIN OF THE
Funeral
Sukhothai art
(dating from the mid- Chariots Gallery NATIONAL MUSEUM
1200s to the mid- The elaborately The National Museum
1400s) is often decorated carriages was originally the
described as the in this gallery give an Wang Na (Palace of
apex of Thai artistic idea of the pomp and the Front), built in
achieve ment. The ceremony that 1782 by Rama I for
flowing lines of accompany royal his younger brother
walking and funerals. Each of and deputy. However,
in 1887, Rama V
sitting Buddha the gilded teak decided to turn the
images in the carriages weighs building into Thailand’s
museum several tons first museum so that
fully and needs his subjects could
support hundreds appreciate their rich
this idea of men to cultural heritage.
(right). pull it.
2 Ayutthayan
Dvaravati 0
Key to Floorplan Wheel of Law Art
First floor
Second floor Lanna Art
4
Phra Sihing 5
Buddha Image
Red
House 6
2,000
Years of 7
Siamese
Art

8
Sukhothai
Art
3
Buddhaisawan 1 9 Rattanakosin
Chapel Royal Funeral Art
Chariots Gallery
Dvaravati
0
Wheel of Law
Dvaravati art flourished
from the 6th to the 9th
centuries, and this 8th-
century stone wheel set
above a deer is a great
example (left). Loca ted
on the second floor of the
south wing, it repre sents
the Buddha’s first sermon
in Sarnath, India.

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