Kleep Khanoon Garuda Stone Carving
- Object :
- Garuda Stone Carving on Kleep Khanoon (stone carving decoration shape like a quarter of jackfruit)
- Art style :
- Lopburi Art (Khmer art in Thailand)
- Material :
- Sandstone
- Size :
- 40 cm height
- Era age :
- 16th Buddhist century
- Characteristics :
- A carving Garuda sitting on the arch of triangle stone wears no shirt but a cloth as pants which its hem are left between the knees. Garuda, a half god and half animal, is as a god of transport for serving Narayana. His head, wings, nails, and mouth look like a bird, while his body and arms look like a human. Kleep Khanoon is a part for decorating the roof of stone Prasat which usually being carved as the great gods to protect Prasat.
- Current :
- -
- History :
- Found in Prasat Non Ku, Sung Noen District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Presented at :
- Mahaweerawong National Museum, Nakhon Ratchasima
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