Friday, April 24, 2009

Chinese pottery tiles

Monster mask From the Xiudingsi pagoda near Anyang, Henan province Tang dynasty.

Pottery wall tile decorated in relief with a fierce figure (possibly Pak Tai or an anthropomorphic phoenix deity) who has feet with two toes and hands with four fingers, fighting with a snake.
From the Xiudingsi pagoda near Anyang, Henan province Tang dynasty, 9th century AD.

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