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(13 11/16 x 13 1/16 x 1 9/16 in.)","dimensionsproposed":"","creditline":"Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund","markings":null,"inscribed":null,"signed":null,"catalograisonne":null,"creditlinerepro":"","restrictions":null,"nowebuse":"False","secondaryobjectnumber":null,"campuscollections":"false","on_view":true,"accessionyear":"1996-01-01","newaccession":0,"titles":[{"title":"Winged porcine beast","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"makers":[],"depicted":[],"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Handbook Entry","textentryhtml":"This tile depicts a winged porcine figure. White pigment remains on the teeth, eyes, and ears, and there are traces of red on the tongue. Green-glazed cloud appliqués are visible in the upper corners. Trace outlines of green glaze indicate that the beast formerly clutched an appliqué object in its right front claw. Tiles such as this probably lined the walls or platform in a tomb, cave, or religious structure. Some twenty-four other tiles from the same set are known. Their iconography is as yet undetermined, but the appearance of wings on almost all the beasts may identify them as early representations of sky or thunder spirits. Stylistic comparison of some of the demon figures to Northern Qi (550–577) stone relief carvings suggests an early date, while the glazing technique may indicate a Tang dynasty (618–907) or later date. </SPAN>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"These glazed, reddish earthenware tiles are molded into high-relief depictions of fantastic beasts: A green  horse with a wing and an eye on its shoulder devours an animal; an amber, porcine creature with wings and a spiked mane stands with mouth agape; and a demon with bulging eyes and flamelike wings grasps a scaly snake in its claws. Comparisons with  the designs of Northern Qi (550–577) stone-relief figures from the Xiangtangshan cave temples in Hebei province suggest a contemporaneous date; however, the tile’s glazing technique is associated with the Tang dynasty. The tiles probably lined the  walls or platform of a pagoda or tomb; at least twenty- four other tiles from the same set are known to survive.\n","remarks":"ASIA_15-TXX-1_CLA  Day 1 Cataloguing- group chat for 1996-288, 1996-289, and 1996-290"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"[Tsu Po Antique Ltd., Hong Kong, until 1996]; [Kaikodo Gallery, New York, New York, 1996]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum with the Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, 1996.","remarks":null}],"media":[{"id":1365,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1996-289","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Luna Digitization Project"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"<i>Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections </i>(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013)","citation":"<i>Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collections </i>(Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2013)","date":2013,"id":1994,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/865020505"},{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1996,\" <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 56, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 75-115.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1996,\" <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 56, no. 1/2 (1997): p. 75-115., p. 101","date":1997,"id":3051,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774760"},{"boilertext":"<i>Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection</i> (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007)","citation":"<i>Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection</i> (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), 8 (illus.)","date":2007,"id":474,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/191864564"}],"exhibitions":[],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: Asia, China","code":"Place made","continent":"Asia","subcontinent":null,"country":"China","region":null,"state":null,"city":null,"county":null,"subregion":null,"locale":null,"locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":"http://www.geonames.org/1814991/people-s-republic-of-china.html","location":{"lat":"","lon":""}}],"terms":[{"id":2160816,"term":"ceramic tile","aatid":300010678,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2155779,"term":"relief","aatid":300053622,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2057422,"term":"light reddish brown","aatid":300127601,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2058601,"term":"green (color)","aatid":300128438,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2033355,"term":"Chinese","aatid":300018322,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2171681,"term":"pigs","aatid":null,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2033480,"term":"Northern Qi","aatid":300018405,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2033522,"term":"Tang","aatid":300018420,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2049167,"term":"ceramics","aatid":300151343,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2147421,"term":"beasts","aatid":null,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2168031,"term":"glaze","aatid":300015091,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2157806,"term":"appliqué","aatid":300053646,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2049225,"term":"earthenware","aatid":300140803,"termtype":"Materials"}],"classifications":[{"id":2155779,"classification":"relief"},{"id":2160816,"classification":"ceramic tile"},{"id":2049167,"classification":"ceramics"}],"cultures":[{"id":13592,"culture":"Chinese","alphasort":"Chinese","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayculture":"Chinese","displaydate":null}],"cultureterms":[{"id":2033355,"culture":"Chinese"}],"periods":[{"id":12536,"period":"Northern Qi","alphasort":"Northern Qi","begindate":550,"enddate":550,"displayperiod":"Northern Qi or, 550–577 CE","displaydate":"550–577 CE"},{"id":12547,"period":"Tang dynasty","alphasort":"Tang dynasty","begindate":618,"enddate":907,"displayperiod":"Tang dynasty, 618–907","displaydate":"618–907"}],"periodterms":[{"id":2033480,"period":"Northern Qi"},{"id":2033522,"period":"Tang"}],"attribute_groups":[{"id":2199319,"term":"Asian Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"Overall","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"34.70"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Width","units":"centimeters","dimension":"33.20"},{"element":"Overall","type":"Depth","units":"centimeters","dimension":"4.00"}],"packages":[{"packageid":278831,"name":"10282025-DAY1-ONVIEW"},{"packageid":197269,"name":"web_highlights -revised 2021"},{"packageid":214208,"name":"Gallery_13-15(Pavilion4)-Asian"},{"packageid":181967,"name":"web_2020_Asian"}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/1996-289"],"displaymaker":null,"displayculture":"Chinese","displayperiod":"Northern Qi or, 550–577 CE | Tang dynasty, 618–907","caption":"Chinese, Northern Qi or (550–577 CE), Tang dynasty (618–907), Winged porcine beast, 6th or 7th century. 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