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Group of twenty glazed ceramic roof ridge tiles - originally from two buildings. Tiles are stoneware; fahua-type ware. They are moulded with vigorous three-clawed dragons (one of whom chases a flaming pearl) and they cavort among scrolling plants-lotus and peony. In the early 20th century they were arranged into four rows, or friezes, of five tiles each to form a "screen."
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