Ceramics of Wat Arun

Due to my fascination with its ceramics, I revisited Wat Arun. How they took broken Chinese porcelain used as ballast and repurposed it to decorate their chedis and temple buildings fascinates me. It reminds me a bit of the incredible mosaics found at Roman sites and at Tunisia's Bardo Museum and the work of Barcelona's Antonio Gaudi.

Here is a closeup of some plates and tiles used to create flowers. Below you can see some shallow bowls used whole as well as others broken up for more flowers and decorations on the figures. 

For more about Wat Arun's central prang, visit my previous post
See more photos of Wat Arun on my Flickr page

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