Tile terminal
Record status
Individual type · partial
Tile terminal is held by Benaki Museum. Museum description: Goutou tile terminal. Earthenware with moulded five-clawed dragon and yellow glaze. Probably from the imperial mausoleum at Xiaoling in Nanjing, based on ink inscription (1896). China, Jiangsu province, near Nanjing (probably Zhubaoshan, Yuhuatai). Ming dynasty, AD 1368-1421. Diameter 17 cm. Donated by George Eumorfopoulos (GE 2597). The museum record gives material recorded as clay. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- πηλός
Identification
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- Museum object name
- Tile terminal
- Holding institution
- Benaki Museum
Catalogue references
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Research required
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