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Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster

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鬼面瓦

日本奈良市雜司町東大寺講堂遺址出土

日本奈良市雜司町東大寺講堂遺址出土。八世紀之作。此鬼面瓦裝飾於殿頂正脊和垂脊尾端。
 瓦呈圓拱形,表面以半浮雕表現。鬼面雙眼凸起狀似栗子,鼻孔張開,鼻梁上有二條橫線凹痕,大嘴咧至下方拱形開口,四顆牙齒及大虎牙緊銜角梁。周緣聯珠紋環繞,額上刻劃鋸齒紋。
 

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 339.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 339.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:339.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 339).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youji and Pokorski, Stefanie and Mankuang and Fan, Wen,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts },
pages = 339,
title = {{Todaiji Temple: Roof Tile with the Face of a Monster}},
volume = 18,
year = {2016}}


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