Tile

Museum number:
9-17495
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3956
Description:
Roof tile, glazed ceramic; woman in court robes astride phoenix ( Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu;) clear yellow glaze; some chips and cracks; h. 17.5 cm.
Donor:
Ralph Thornally
Collection place:
China
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tile, accession number 9-17495, described as Roof tile, glazed ceramic; woman in court robes astride phoenix ( Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu;) clear yellow glaze; some chips and cracks; h. 17.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tile, accession number 9-17495, described as Roof tile, glazed ceramic; woman in court robes astride phoenix ( Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu;) clear yellow glaze; some chips and cracks; h. 17.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tile, accession number 9-17495, described as Roof tile, glazed ceramic; woman in court robes astride phoenix ( Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu;) clear yellow glaze; some chips and cracks; h. 17.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile, accession number 9-17495, described as Roof tile, glazed ceramic; woman in court robes astride phoenix ( Queen of the Western World, Hsi Wang Mu;) clear yellow glaze; some chips and cracks; h. 17.5 cm.

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