Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-1-2016

Journal Title

Archives of Asian Art

Volume Number

66

Issue Number

2

First Page

153

Last Page

185

Version

Post-print: the version of the article having undergone peer review but prior to being published

Disciplines

Asian Art and Architecture | Chinese Studies

Abstract

Reverse glass paintings, a form of Chinese export art, were extensively traded in the nineteenth century. Several examples are on display in prominent Thai Buddhist monasteries in Bangkok. King Nangklao of Siam, Rama III, encouraged Sino-Siamese trade that brought Chinese objects and images to nineteenth-century Siam. The ideals of accretion and abundance characteristic of Thai Buddhism and the sinophilia of Rama III facilitated the construction of “Chinese-style” Thai temples. Glass paintings with scenes of the Pearl River Delta, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, auspicious objects, and bird-and-flower compositions were installed in temples and inspired new directions in Thai mural painting.

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Original publication information:

Patterson, J.L. (2016). Chinese Glass Paintings in Bangkok Monasteries. Archives of Asian Art, 66(2),153-185. https://doi.org/10.1353/aaa.2016.0015

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