Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 618 - 907; Classification(s): earthenware, tile, moulding in relief, earthenware, moulded in relief; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.591-1991]
Description: Tile. Dark-grey earthenware, moulded. The lozenge-shaped tile is relief-moulded with a demon wrestling with a serpent, whose finely scaled body is entwined around 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. The tile is from the Pagoda at Xiuding Temple near Anyang.