Ridge-end tile with monster mask from Anap-chi

Artwork · Anonymous · 8th century · tile

A moulded earthenware ridge-end tile with a monster mask (kwimyŏn) to ward off evil spirits, from Anap-chi, the lake King Munmu had dug in his palace grounds in 674, excavated in 1975–6. 1 Portal 2000, p. 71, fig. 37. ↩ Literatur Portal 2000: Jane Portal, Korea: Art and Archaeology, London: British Museum Press 2000.