roof-tile
- Museum number
- 1933,0317.3
- Description
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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 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 lower edge and is missing its convex section.
- Production date
- 1366-1400 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 18 centimetres
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Diameter: 5 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Harrison-Hall 2001:
Two similar tiles, one with a dragon beneath a yellow glaze and one with a phoenix beneath a green glaze (symbols of the emperor and empress), are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. These were recovered in 1908 by William Percival Yetts (1878-1957) at the Ming palace near Nanjing, built 1366-86 and occupied by the Hongwu, Yongle and Jianwen emperors.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1933,0317.3
