Ta Mok Shwe-gu-gyi Temple: Local Art in Upper Myanmar 11-17th century AD

Moore, Elizabeth; Win Maung, (Tampawaddy); Htwe Htwe, Win

Abstract

The article explores the relationship of a local tradition of nine Shwe-gu or “golden caves” and the 11 khayaing of Kyaukse, the rice fields that supplied Bagan. Drawing on survey and ongoing work at the Ta Mok khayaing Shwe-gu-gyi, we profile a local specificity essential to and yet far from the courts of 11th–17th century Bagan, Pinya and Inwa. In its multiple encasements of images and architecture, the Ta Mok Shwe-gu-gyi records a transition from the visual complexity of Bagan period gu to the more iconic structures of the Pinya and Inwa eras.

Citation

Moore, E., Win Maung, (., & Htwe Htwe, W. (2013). Ta Mok Shwe-gu-gyi Temple: Local Art in Upper Myanmar 11-17th century AD. In D. Bonatz, A. Reinecke, & M. L. Tjoa-Bonatz (Eds.), Connecting Empires and States: Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Volume 2 (144-160). National University of Singapore Press

• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Deposit Date: Nov 29, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2021
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 144-160
• Book Title: Connecting Empires and States: Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Volume 2
• ISBN: 9789971696436