Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1490-1620 (circa)
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:devil/demon
Dimensions:Height: 37 centimetres Length: 25 centimetres
Description:
Earthenware ridge tile modelled in the form of a striding demon with green and yellow glaze. Striding across this convex ridge tile is a three-dimensional figure of a powerful demon. This semi-human creature has a pair of horns, bulging eyes, an extended ape-like jaw with fangs, a long straight back, hugely powerful shoulders, a rippling torso, muscular legs and large square feet and hands. He stands with his left hand resting on one hip and the other clenched in a fist at his chest. He is naked except for a pair of wide shorts, tied below the waist with a long sash. A pillar between his legs acts as a support. Its amber-yellow and green glazes are much worn, one of the horns is missing and it has been extensively chipped.
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![图片[1]-ridge-tile BM-1946-0715.14-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/43/mid_00253284_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-ridge-tile BM-1946-0715.14-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/43/mid_00356793_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This roof tile has probably come from the same building as BM 1946.0715.13 and was designed to fit along the top ridge of a traditional Chinese-style roof. Roof tiles in the form of half-man, half-beast are found in the upper levels of the Feihong [Flying Rainbows] pagoda in Guangsheng monastery, Hongtang county, an octagonal pagoda built in 1515.
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:devil/demon
Dimensions:Height: 37 centimetres Length: 25 centimetres
Description:
Earthenware ridge tile modelled in the form of a striding demon with green and yellow glaze. Striding across this convex ridge tile is a three-dimensional figure of a powerful demon. This semi-human creature has a pair of horns, bulging eyes, an extended ape-like jaw with fangs, a long straight back, hugely powerful shoulders, a rippling torso, muscular legs and large square feet and hands. He stands with his left hand resting on one hip and the other clenched in a fist at his chest. He is naked except for a pair of wide shorts, tied below the waist with a long sash. A pillar between his legs acts as a support. Its amber-yellow and green glazes are much worn, one of the horns is missing and it has been extensively chipped.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:This roof tile has probably come from the same building as BM 1946.0715.13 and was designed to fit along the top ridge of a traditional Chinese-style roof. Roof tiles in the form of half-man, half-beast are found in the upper levels of the Feihong [Flying Rainbows] pagoda in Guangsheng monastery, Hongtang county, an octagonal pagoda built in 1515.
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