Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1366-1386 (circa)
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 5 centimetres (circa) Diameter: 18.30 centimetres
Description:
Earthenware ‘goutou’ tile terminal with moulded decoration beneath a green glaze. This circular goutou tile terminal has a raised border 2 cm wide and a relief-moulded dragon in the centre, covered with a now-blackened bottle-green glaze. The dragon has a scaly sinewy body and paws with five flexed claws. It twists round, prancing on its front legs and turning its back legs under and over its tail. It is damaged along the top edge, is chipped and is missing its convex section. The black deposit covering the glaze may well be soot as a result of fire damage.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A similar tile was found in the Republican period in Nanjing at either the Ming palace site or ‘Da Bao’en si’.
Materials:earthenware
Technique:glazed, moulded,
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 5 centimetres (circa) Diameter: 18.30 centimetres
Description:
Earthenware ‘goutou’ tile terminal with moulded decoration beneath a green glaze. This circular goutou tile terminal has a raised border 2 cm wide and a relief-moulded dragon in the centre, covered with a now-blackened bottle-green glaze. The dragon has a scaly sinewy body and paws with five flexed claws. It twists round, prancing on its front legs and turning its back legs under and over its tail. It is damaged along the top edge, is chipped and is missing its convex section. The black deposit covering the glaze may well be soot as a result of fire damage.
IMG
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:A similar tile was found in the Republican period in Nanjing at either the Ming palace site or ‘Da Bao’en si’.
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