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Pagoda Tile
Five tiles from Xiuding Monastery, Anyang. Earthenware, 7th century Tang dynasty.
From the ROM description:
"Most Chinese architecture featured wood construction, but Buddhist pagodas were generally made of brick or stone. They contained relics, but also served to mark a temple, as church towers do in the west.
"These relief tiles are part of the nearly 4000 tiles which covered a pagoda near Anyang. They were shaped in moulds, using 72 different designs. The diamond-shaped tiles are the most numerous and varied."
Pagoda Tile
Five tiles from Xiuding Monastery, Anyang. Earthenware, 7th century Tang dynasty.
From the ROM description:
"Most Chinese architecture featured wood construction, but Buddhist pagodas were generally made of brick or stone. They contained relics, but also served to mark a temple, as church towers do in the west.
"These relief tiles are part of the nearly 4000 tiles which covered a pagoda near Anyang. They were shaped in moulds, using 72 different designs. The diamond-shaped tiles are the most numerous and varied."