Dark-grey earthenware, moulded. Relief moulded, lozenge-shaped tile, with a demon wrestling with a serpent, whose finely scaled body is entwined round the demon, whose hands grasp its head and part of the body. The serpent with wide open mouth and tongue bites the demon's stomach. From the Pagoda at Xinding Temple near Anyang.
History note: From the Pagoda at Xinding Temple near Anyang. Purchased from Eastwood & Holt, October 1923 by Henry Scipio Reitlinger (d.1950) for £8.8s.0d.; the Reitlinger Trust, Maidenhead, from which transferred in 1991.
Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.
Depth: 8.5 cm
Height: 62.0 cm
Width: 42.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Circa
618
-
907
Moulding in relief : Dark grey earthenware, moulded in relief
Accession number: C.590-1991
Primary reference Number: 20963
Old object number: CHIWA/991
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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