Disapproval

Not all the object in the British Museum appreciate the attention.


Stoneware figure from a judgement
group with aubergine, green, ochre
and straw glazes
Ming Dynasty, 16th century AD

The belief in Hell entered China
with Buddhism during the early
1st millennium AD. From the late
Tang Dynasty judgement scenes in the
underworld were common. This figure
of a judge's assistant is holding records
of evil deeds under his left arm.