Tile fragments

Museum number:
9-14575a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210914575a@2cb
Alternate number:
3828 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
tile fragments, ceramic: 2 end cap tiles, w/ stamped circular designs of dragon w/ 5 claws* and clouds; designs not identical. (a) has peaked fragment of the curved tile attached to the ornamented disk. 2 holes drilled thru design. (b) is disk, missing 1/3rd of top incl. all of curved tile section. Ochre 'Imperial yellow' glaze on both. Dia. (a) 14.5 cm., L. 7.5 cm.; max. Dia. (b) 15.5 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Beijing, Beijing municipality, Northern China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, Hopei Province, Peking att.
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
before 1933
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Earthenware
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
roof eave-border tiles
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
a— length 7.5 centimeters, a— diameter 14.5 centimeters, and b— diameter 15.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Tile fragments, accession number 9-14575a,b, described as tile fragments, ceramic: 2 end cap tiles, w/ stamped circular designs of dragon w/ 5 claws* and clouds; designs not identical. (a) has peaked fragment of the curved tile attached to the ornamented disk. 2 holes drilled thru design. (b) is disk, missing 1/3rd of top incl. all of curved tile section. Ochre 'Imperial yellow' glaze on both. Dia. (a) 14.5 cm., L. 7.5 cm.; max. Dia. (b) 15.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Tile fragments, accession number 9-14575a,b, described as tile fragments, ceramic: 2 end cap tiles, w/ stamped circular designs of dragon w/ 5 claws* and clouds; designs not identical. (a) has peaked fragment of the curved tile attached to the ornamented disk. 2 holes drilled thru design. (b) is disk, missing 1/3rd of top incl. all of curved tile section. Ochre 'Imperial yellow' glaze on both. Dia. (a) 14.5 cm., L. 7.5 cm.; max. Dia. (b) 15.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile fragments, accession number 9-14575a,b, described as tile fragments, ceramic: 2 end cap tiles, w/ stamped circular designs of dragon w/ 5 claws* and clouds; designs not identical. (a) has peaked fragment of the curved tile attached to the ornamented disk. 2 holes drilled thru design. (b) is disk, missing 1/3rd of top incl. all of curved tile section. Ochre 'Imperial yellow' glaze on both. Dia. (a) 14.5 cm., L. 7.5 cm.; max. Dia. (b) 15.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile fragments, accession number 9-14575a,b, described as tile fragments, ceramic: 2 end cap tiles, w/ stamped circular designs of dragon w/ 5 claws* and clouds; designs not identical. (a) has peaked fragment of the curved tile attached to the ornamented disk. 2 holes drilled thru design. (b) is disk, missing 1/3rd of top incl. all of curved tile section. Ochre 'Imperial yellow' glaze on both. Dia. (a) 14.5 cm., L. 7.5 cm.; max. Dia. (b) 15.5 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tile fragments, accession number 9-14575a,b, described as tile fragments, ceramic: 2 end cap tiles, w/ stamped circular designs of dragon w/ 5 claws* and clouds; designs not identical. (a) has peaked fragment of the curved tile attached to the ornamented disk. 2 holes drilled thru design. (b) is disk, missing 1/3rd of top incl. all of curved tile section. Ochre 'Imperial yellow' glaze on both. Dia. (a) 14.5 cm., L. 7.5 cm.; max. Dia. (b) 15.5 cm.

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