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Each tier contains trilobed niches painted red, within which are various figures identifiable with the Ramakien (the Rāmayana, the Story of Rāma). At the centre, a white-skinned figure holding a trident and a discus and mounted on a white Phra Krut (the divine bird Garuḍa) is identifiable as Phra Isuan (Īśvara, the god Śiva). The two-armed white figure seated on the back of a dark-coloured demon (yakṣa) to the left may be Phra Ram (Rāma, an avatar of Viṣṇu) or Phra Phrot (Bharata, a brother of Rāma). The two-armed white figure seated on the back of a white monkey to the right may be Phra Ram (Rāma, an avatar of Viṣṇu) or Phra Lak (Lakṣmaṇa, a brother of Rāma). The uppermost niche contains a flame, placed on a golden pedestal.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"watercolour","id":"AAT15045"},{"text":"cloth","id":"AAT162391"}],"techniques":[{"text":"painting (image-making)","id":"AAT54216"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Watercolour and gold paint on cloth","categories":[{"text":"India Museum","id":"THES286062"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2026PM5115","2017JT7022"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES341092"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Temple painting","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"bangkok","id":"x38964"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1850 to 1870","earliest":"1850-01-01","latest":"1870-12-31"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"09318(IS)","id":"O405627"},"association":"Group"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Width","value":"163.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Bottom maximum"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"163","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Top maximum"},{"dimension":"Length","value":"260","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This painting was tranferred from the India Museum in 1879. \r\n\r\nThis chedi shown on this banner painting may represent one of the twin golden stupas at Wat Phra Kaew, the monastery connected to the Royal Palace in Bangkok, which houses the Emerald Buddha, one of the most important religious and national Buddha images in Thailand. These Suwannachedi (golden stupas) flank the staircase leading up to the Prasat Phra Thep Bidon (Temple of the Royal Pantheon), which was built by Rama IV (1804–1868).\r\n\r\nThe two chedis were built by Rama I (1737–1809) to commemorate his parents: the southern chedi for his father, Thongdi, and the northern for his mother, Daoreung. The Phra Suwannachedi are built on twelve-cornered indented bases, ascending through tiered mouldings to a dome and a slender, ringed spire, with the base supported by twenty sculptures connected to the Ramakien.\n\nThis banner painting was likely made in the reign of King Rama IV (King Mongkut), who conducted significant renovations at Wat Phra Kaew, the monastery connected to the Royal Palace in Bangkok, particularly in the area around Phra Mondop (the Buddhist Library) starting around 1851 and continuing through the 1860s.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Banner painting showing a stupa, painted cloth, Thailand, around 1850","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["09317(IS)"],"accessionNumberNum":"09317","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-09","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-25","availableToBook":true}}