Leifeng Pagoda: Tile Caps with Lotus Design
Earthenware
Leifeng Pagoda: Tile Caps with Lotus Design
CHINA, Zhejiang, Hangzhou; Five Dynasties
Nearly 120 tiles were excavated from Leifeng Pagoda. The most common were those with a lotus motif. These tile caps have a diameter of 14.6 cm to 16 cm, and a thickness of 1.6 cm to 2.4 cm. The lotus seedpod in the center of each tile contains five to nine seeds. The number of petals is commonly eight, but there are also up to 16 petals. The petals can be large or slim with fine detail.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 171.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Leifeng Pagoda: Tile Caps with Lotus Design." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 171.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Leifeng Pagoda: Tile Caps with Lotus Design" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:171.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Leifeng Pagoda: Tile Caps with Lotus Design. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 171).
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