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Circular tile

Circular tile

  • Place of origin:

    Korea (made)

  • Date:

    650-800 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Earthenware with moulded decoration

  • Museum number:

    C.153-1926

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case K, shelf 1

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This grey earthenware roof tile is decorated with a lotus flower motif. A central seed pod is outlined by a narrow band of radiating lines, followed by rows of petals. The rim of the tile is completed by a concentric band of triangular zigzags. A large number of tiles similar to this one have been excavated at Kyongju, the capital of the Unified Silla kingdom. This tile dates from the Unified Silla period (AD 668-918), which began when the kingdom of Silla unified the whole peninsula of Korea.

Physical description

This tile end with an apparently simple design like the lotus flower is in fact a complex pattern of five concentric circular motifs. A central seed pod is outlined by a narrow band of radiating lines, followed by two rows of petals. The rim of the tile is completed by triangular zigzags.

Place of Origin

Korea (made)

Date

650-800 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Earthenware with moulded decoration

Dimensions

Diameter: 13.5 cm

Historical context note

This end tile would have been used to adorn the roof of a Buddhist temple.

Descriptive line

Circular tile end, earthenware with moulded decoration; Korea, Unified Silla period, 650-800

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

McKillop, Beth. Korean art and design: the Samsung gallery of Korean art. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992, p. 36, Plate 6.

Materials

Earthenware

Techniques

Moulded

Subjects depicted

Diaper-work; Lotus

Categories

Ceramics; Tiles; Earthenware

Collection code

EAS

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