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Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Architectural Brick with Dancer in Relief

before 870

China, Henan Province, Anyang, Xiudingsi pagoda, Tang dynasty

(618–907)
molded terracotta with slip coating
Overall: 58 x 48.5 cm (22 13/16 x 19 1/8 in.)
Gift of C. T. Loo 1921.263
Location: 241C Chinese Buddhist Sculptures

Did You Know?

This bearded Western Asian figure is dancing with his scarf twisting into curling streamers.

Description

This brick originally formed part of the exterior wall of the pagoda at the Xiudingsi Buddhist monastery near Anyang, Henan province. The Xiudingsi pagoda, datable before 870 by an inscription carved on one brick, is the only building that survives from the once large monastic complex.
  • ?–1921
    C.T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris, France, and New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1921–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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