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Description: | A three-colour lead glazing technique known as `sancai' has been used to decorate this pair of roof tiles from China. Made during the Ming Dynasty, the tiles were designed to be fixed on the ridge of a roof. Each tile is modelled as a phoenix, a mythical bird that had a number of associations in ancient Chinese culture. The female phoenix was an emblem of the empress, while the male bird symbolised happiness. A pair such as this mounted on a house might represent the happy marriage or the honesty of the inhabitants below.
Sancai glazed roof tile, modelled as a phoenix, with a wooden stand. One of a pair of associated with OC83. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Culture Asian art Feathers Tiles Decorative arts Religion Mythology Decoration and ornament Chinese Decorative Art Birds China | Temporal: | 1368 - 1644
14th century (1300-1399)
15th century (1400-1499)
16th century (1500-1599)
stuarts (1603 - 1714) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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