Main Ridge Finial (Zhengwen) for a Roof
date
1550-1650
creation place
Asia, China
medium & support
stoneware with fahua glaze
measurements
50 1/2 x 30 x 10 3/4 in. (128.27 x 76.2 x 27.31 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation
accession number
2001.007.002a-c
keywords
animal, annex, architectural element, art, Asians, brick, building, building material, Chinese, civilization, clay, component, covering, craft, culture, dragon, earth, earthenware, exterior, figure, house, housing, human being, industry, lizard, materiality, Mongolians, nationality, nature, occupations, ornament, part, public, race (human), reptile, roof, roof-covering, sand, sculpture, society, statue, tile, world
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