Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1490-1620 (circa)
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Height: 38 centimetres Length: 22.50 centimetres Depth: 12.90 centimetres
Description:
Earthenware ridge tile modelled in the form of a striding figure with a pig’s head with turquoise glaze. Striding across this convex ridge tile is a three-dimensional figure with the head of a pig and the body of a man. This semi-human creature is dressed in robes and boots. His left hand is modelled to grip a pole and his right hand has broken off and is missing. A hollow tubular pillar between his legs acts as a support and was designed to fit over a peg to secure it in place along the top ridge of a traditional Chinese-style roof. The turquoise glaze is much worn.
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![图片[1]-ridge-tile BM-1937-0716.108-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/43/mid_00253283_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-ridge-tile BM-1937-0716.108-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/43/mid_00389874_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This half-pig, half-man may be identified as Zhu Bajie from the traditional Chinese novel “Xi Youji” [Journey to the West], attributed to Wu Cheng’en and popularized in the West through the 1970s television adaptation of the novel “Monkey” (see BM 1937.0716.109), in which Zhu Bajie was known as ‘Pigsy’. Zhu Bajie was originally a naval commander in the Daoist pantheon but was banished to earth for his drunken behaviour and for insulting the Goddess of the Moon. He accompanies the monk Xuan Zang on his adventures together with Xuan Zang’s beast of burden, the dragon-horse, Sun Wugong (the Monkey) and Sha Wujing (Sha Monk). Zhu is one of the liveliest characters in the novel and his behaviour, while not wicked, could be described as lascivious, greedy and slothful.Another ridge tile in the form of Zhu Bajie is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:animal
Dimensions:Height: 38 centimetres Length: 22.50 centimetres Depth: 12.90 centimetres
Description:
Earthenware ridge tile modelled in the form of a striding figure with a pig’s head with turquoise glaze. Striding across this convex ridge tile is a three-dimensional figure with the head of a pig and the body of a man. This semi-human creature is dressed in robes and boots. His left hand is modelled to grip a pole and his right hand has broken off and is missing. A hollow tubular pillar between his legs acts as a support and was designed to fit over a peg to secure it in place along the top ridge of a traditional Chinese-style roof. The turquoise glaze is much worn.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This half-pig, half-man may be identified as Zhu Bajie from the traditional Chinese novel “Xi Youji” [Journey to the West], attributed to Wu Cheng’en and popularized in the West through the 1970s television adaptation of the novel “Monkey” (see BM 1937.0716.109), in which Zhu Bajie was known as ‘Pigsy’. Zhu Bajie was originally a naval commander in the Daoist pantheon but was banished to earth for his drunken behaviour and for insulting the Goddess of the Moon. He accompanies the monk Xuan Zang on his adventures together with Xuan Zang’s beast of burden, the dragon-horse, Sun Wugong (the Monkey) and Sha Wujing (Sha Monk). Zhu is one of the liveliest characters in the novel and his behaviour, while not wicked, could be described as lascivious, greedy and slothful.Another ridge tile in the form of Zhu Bajie is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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