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Description: | A Medieval ceramic fine London-type ware zoomorphic roof finial dating 13th - 14th century. This finial is solid and has been three-dimensionally modelled in the zoomorphic form. It is unclear if this is an animal, bird or mythical beast. The beast has pointed ears, stabbed circular eyes, a long nose which hangs down to the forward facing feet which have toes marked by incised lines. Just below the eyes, on either side of the nose there are two deep grooves. There is a ridge extending down the back of the figure and a ridge horizontally on each side of the body. These ridges are decorated a stamped pattern comprising five grooves. There is a slightly flared tail just beneath the back and side ridges. The fabric is oxidised (red) with an even green/yellow glaze.Dimensions: length: 73.90mm; width: 58.81mm; thickness: 68.17mm; weight: 221.61g
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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