Stoneware figure from a judgement group with aubergine
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Stoneware figure from a judgement group with aubergine

Légende

Stoneware figure from a judgement group with aubergine / green / ochre and straw glazes. Ming Dynasty / 16th century AD. The belief in Hell entered China with Buddhism during the early 1st millennium AD. From the late Tang Dynasty judgement scenes in the underworld were common. This figure of a judge's assistant is holding records of evil deeds under his left arm.

Crédit

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Notre référence

ARP11A03_187

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,6Mo (3,0Mo) / 22,5cm x 56,4cm / 2656 x 6656 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Chinese history

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