A GREEN AND OCHRE-GLAZED POTTERY 'BUDDHA' TILE AND A MOULDED POTTERY TILE Tang Dynasty, dated to the 5th year of Zhonghe, corresponding to 885 and Song Dynasty The square tile heavily potted and moulded on the front with a figure of Buddha seated on a lotus throne flanked by four disciples, covered in a dark brown glaze with dark green highlights, the inscription reads zhonghewunianqiubayue jinweiweirijianzao which translates to 'made under supervision on the jinweiwei day in autumn of the eighth lunar month in the fifth year of the Zhonghe era'; the rectangular tile carved with a head and torso emerging from cloud vapours. The moulded pottery tile: 23cm (9in) high. (2). Footnotes: 唐 八八五年及宋 陶磚及素三彩佛像瓦 「中和五年秋八月金危危日監造」款 Provenance: Acquired from R & G McPherson Antiques, London, October 2006 (the square tile) Published and Illustrated: S.C. Eng, The Use of Ceramic in Chinese Late Imperial Architecture, London, 2008, p.236, fig.7.127 M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 4, n.p., 2023, p.217 (the square tile) The square tile is possibly from the Youguo temple in Kaifeng, Henan. The temple was originally founded in the tenth year of Tianbao of the Northern Qi dynasty (559 AD), it was frequented by the Emperors for leisure and Buddhist rituals. The pagoda was built in 989 but destroyed in 1044 by lightning, it was then reconstructed in 1049 with reddish-brown glazed bricks that have an iron-like appearance which gave rise to the name 'iron pagoda'. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing