국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Roof-end Tile with Lotus Design, Earthenware
  • Nationality/Period

    Unified Silla Period

  • Materials

    Clay - Hard

  • Category

    Housing - Architecture sub-material - Roof Material - End-tile of Convex Roofing Tile

  • Dimensions

    D. 15.3cm

  • Accession Number

    Jeung 1999

This is a blackish gray convex roof-end tile decorated with a lotus design. The edge is partly broken. The ovary contains nines lotus seeds; the lotus design inscribed on the tile’s face has sixteen double petals.