Terminal Roof Tile
CultureChinese
DateEastern Zhou dynasty-Warring States period (771-221 B.C.E.)
MediumPottery
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 16 3/8 inches (21.59 × 41.59 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-611
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DescriptionCeramic roof tile in a semi-circular, tube shape. On one end the surface is roughened by hatching. On the other end is a semi-circular plaque with a type of t'ao-t'ieh mask design.ProvenanceWith Huang Po Ch'uan, by March 31, 1933 [1];
Purchased from Huang Po Ch'uan, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1933.
NOTES:
[1] In a letter to Langdon Warner, Nelson-Atkins Advisor on Asian Art, dated March 31, 1933, Laurence Sickman described purchasing "a remarkably large, clear and almost complete tile from the palace of Ch'in Shih Hwang Ti - the half circle tile with a T'ao Tien mask, quite a good one." Harvard University, Pusey Library, Langdon Warner Archive, box 12, folder 19, copy in Nelson-Atkins curatorial file.
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