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Tile: C.590-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Description

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.

Notes

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.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 8.5 cm
Height: 62.0 cm
Width: 42.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1950) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

Tang Dynasty (618-907)
Circa 618 - 907

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding in relief : Dark grey earthenware, moulded in relief

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.590-1991
Primary reference Number: 20963
Old object number: CHIWA/991
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 5 February 2021 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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