Tile

Museum number:
9-14577
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090014577
Alternate number:
3265 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Tiles, Stoneware, glass; Blue-green. a: 12 1/2" square; b: 13 1/2" square; a, b: 1 1/2" thick Pierced grill-work; a: circle medallion, center; b: a floral motif, center Openwork tile, ceramic; Square, 4cm, thick, hollow, with openwork design of coin medallion (diamond within circle), linked to cuter square by four arms; scalloped edges. Press molded floral, light relief. Cut corners. Covered with light blue-green opaque glaze with slight flambe of emerald green and purple. Traces of morter around outer edges. Similar to 9-14578. 32 cm square, 4 cm thick. Porcelan, mold-formed, Blue-green glaze Openwork tile for architectural and garden use.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China
Culture or time period:
Chinese
Materials:
Clay and Glaze (coating by location)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Stoneware (pottery)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-14577, described as Tiles, Stoneware, glass; Blue-green. a: 12 1/2" square; b: 13 1/2" square; a, b: 1 1/2" thick Pierced grill-work; a: circle medallion, center; b: a floral motif, center Openwork tile, ceramic; Square, 4cm, thick, hollow, with openwork design of coin medallion (diamond within circle), linked to cuter square by four arms; scalloped edges. Press molded floral, light relief. Cut corners. Covered with light blue-green opaque glaze with slight flambe of emerald green and purple. Traces of morter around outer edges. Similar to 9-14578. 32 cm square, 4 cm thick. Porcelan, mold-formed, Blue-green glaze Openwork tile for architectural and garden use.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-14577, described as Tiles, Stoneware, glass; Blue-green. a: 12 1/2" square; b: 13 1/2" square; a, b: 1 1/2" thick Pierced grill-work; a: circle medallion, center; b: a floral motif, center Openwork tile, ceramic; Square, 4cm, thick, hollow, with openwork design of coin medallion (diamond within circle), linked to cuter square by four arms; scalloped edges. Press molded floral, light relief. Cut corners. Covered with light blue-green opaque glaze with slight flambe of emerald green and purple. Traces of morter around outer edges. Similar to 9-14578. 32 cm square, 4 cm thick. Porcelan, mold-formed, Blue-green glaze Openwork tile for architectural and garden use.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-14577, described as Tiles, Stoneware, glass; Blue-green. a: 12 1/2" square; b: 13 1/2" square; a, b: 1 1/2" thick Pierced grill-work; a: circle medallion, center; b: a floral motif, center Openwork tile, ceramic; Square, 4cm, thick, hollow, with openwork design of coin medallion (diamond within circle), linked to cuter square by four arms; scalloped edges. Press molded floral, light relief. Cut corners. Covered with light blue-green opaque glaze with slight flambe of emerald green and purple. Traces of morter around outer edges. Similar to 9-14578. 32 cm square, 4 cm thick. Porcelan, mold-formed, Blue-green glaze Openwork tile for architectural and garden use.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-14577, described as Tiles, Stoneware, glass; Blue-green. a: 12 1/2" square; b: 13 1/2" square; a, b: 1 1/2" thick Pierced grill-work; a: circle medallion, center; b: a floral motif, center Openwork tile, ceramic; Square, 4cm, thick, hollow, with openwork design of coin medallion (diamond within circle), linked to cuter square by four arms; scalloped edges. Press molded floral, light relief. Cut corners. Covered with light blue-green opaque glaze with slight flambe of emerald green and purple. Traces of morter around outer edges. Similar to 9-14578. 32 cm square, 4 cm thick. Porcelan, mold-formed, Blue-green glaze Openwork tile for architectural and garden use.

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