Tile

Museum number:
9-13481
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090013481
Description:
Tile, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration: Large, rectangular, thin. Depicts woman seated on camel holding child in arms, gazes down at man holding large bundle on back. Another man stands on opposite side of camel, holding whip. Camel looks at viewer. Facial features in fine coral-red lines. Clothing in various translucent enamel colors including blue, purple, emerald green, lime-green, and grey; with coral red. Detailed folds, and fine textile patterns in linear black. Camel has fine-brown-line fur over coral-red. Tile broken into 5 pieces and mended with 1 piece and many small chips missing. Underside unglazed; has four raised lines lengthwise; 2 ink inscriptions of four characters each.
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works) and Tiles (object genre)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tile, accession number 9-13481, described as Tile, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration: Large, rectangular, thin. Depicts woman seated on camel holding child in arms, gazes down at man holding large bundle on back. Another man stands on opposite side of camel, holding whip. Camel looks at viewer. Facial features in fine coral-red lines. Clothing in various translucent enamel colors including blue, purple, emerald green, lime-green, and grey; with coral red. Detailed folds, and fine textile patterns in linear black. Camel has fine-brown-line fur over coral-red. Tile broken into 5 pieces and mended with 1 piece and many small chips missing. Underside unglazed; has four raised lines lengthwise; 2 ink inscriptions of four characters each.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tile, accession number 9-13481, described as Tile, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration: Large, rectangular, thin. Depicts woman seated on camel holding child in arms, gazes down at man holding large bundle on back. Another man stands on opposite side of camel, holding whip. Camel looks at viewer. Facial features in fine coral-red lines. Clothing in various translucent enamel colors including blue, purple, emerald green, lime-green, and grey; with coral red. Detailed folds, and fine textile patterns in linear black. Camel has fine-brown-line fur over coral-red. Tile broken into 5 pieces and mended with 1 piece and many small chips missing. Underside unglazed; has four raised lines lengthwise; 2 ink inscriptions of four characters each.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-13481, described as Tile, porcelain with overglaze enamel decoration: Large, rectangular, thin. Depicts woman seated on camel holding child in arms, gazes down at man holding large bundle on back. Another man stands on opposite side of camel, holding whip. Camel looks at viewer. Facial features in fine coral-red lines. Clothing in various translucent enamel colors including blue, purple, emerald green, lime-green, and grey; with coral red. Detailed folds, and fine textile patterns in linear black. Camel has fine-brown-line fur over coral-red. Tile broken into 5 pieces and mended with 1 piece and many small chips missing. Underside unglazed; has four raised lines lengthwise; 2 ink inscriptions of four characters each.

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