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Subject: |
Old photograph of the former three-story
office building of the
Ministry of Commerce,
an edifice in Renaissance style and which today houses the
Discovery Museum
(fig.).
Above the building is the number 100, which refers to the ministry's
centennial anniversary. In the first zero is the circular seal of the
ministry which was designed by Prince
Narisara Nuwattiwong
(fig.)
and consists of a depiction of a dancing
Phra Witsanukam,
the divine architect
of Universe and the presiding
Hindu
deity of all craftsmen and architects (fig.),
on a
kranok-style
pedestal and surrounded
by kranok motifs. The
second 0 of the number 100 is shaped in a form of a letter C, while
in
front of the number 1 is a triangle that resembles the symbol on a PLAY
button, and together with the number 1 forms the letter M, hence the 100
can also be read as MOC which is the acronym for
Ministry of Commerce. |
