Tile with two dancing relief figures. The figures have human bodies and lizard-like faces and wearing shorts incised with squares.

Collection type: Object
Description: Tile with two dancing relief figures. The figures have human bodies and lizard-like faces and wearing shorts incised with squares.
Geographical reference: Myanmar (Burma)
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Myanmar (Burma)
Person: Field collector Richard Carnac Temple; PRM source Richard Carnac Temple
Date / Period: Date made: 1400-1500
Date collected: By 1892
Acquisition information: Donated: 1892
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Process Glazed
Dimensions: Length x Width x Height: max 450 x 310 x 120 mm, Weight 16400 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1892.41.482
Research and responses: 'Probably remains of procession paths of old pagoda'. Examined by Mrs Jane T Bailey, Curator, Burmese Art, Denison University, Grenville, Ohio. ?Obtained in Jackson's garden
Associated publications: Reproduced in colour on page 241 of the exhibition catalogue 'Myanmar the Golden Land' with the catalogue number 156 with the entry 'Demons retreating. The tile comes from the wall of the main temple of the Shwegugyi complex. Tile, glazed. H: 44 cm. Bago 1479. Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Inv.-Nr. 1892.41.482. Photo: Malcolm Osman'. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Linden Museum, Stuttgart, Germany, 18th October 2014 - 17th May 2015. [FB 14/11/2014]