Abstract
Based on French scholars’ researches on the stylistic development during Baphoun, Angkor Wat and Bayon, this research further explored stylistic relationship between head ornaments, adornments and decorative ornaments in Khmer sanctuaries.
This research identifies the styles of head ornaments found in Khmer sculptures in Thailand with 3 stylistic groups as follows; the crown and diadem, the crowned Buddha, and the adornments of divinities. Within each group, analytical comparison of the ornaments focuses on 1. Forms and patterns of ornament 2. order of the adornment
By comparing the styles and forms of artifacts found in Thailand to Cambodia, the results demonstrate that patterns of ornaments can be dated from the same period. Influences from the different dominant styles found in local artisan can be noticed among sculptures from Lopburi province, which scholars believed play the significant in
