Chinese Imperial Yellow Ming Pottery Goutou Tile Terminal 14th or 15th Century

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Seller: avionsunantiques ✉️ (4,007) 100%, Location: Victoria, British Columbia, CA, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 285586750251 Chinese Imperial Yellow Ming Pottery Goutou Tile Terminal 14th or 15th Century. Chinese Imperial Yellow Ming Pottery Goutou Tile Terminal 14th or 15th Century Deep relief five toe dragon chasing a flaming pearl, decorated in Imperial yellow glaze. From an Imperial Building. Collected on or before 1900. Made in China in the 1300's About 7 5/8 inches in diameter (the tile). The frame is about 9 3/4 inches in diameter. It is about 2 inches deep. From the crack in the side of the frame, the tile depth is about 1 1/4 inch deep. Total weight is about 2.275 kg. Silver plaque on the side of the frame which reads from MING TOMBS NANKOW PEKING CHINA 21st May 1900. Condition as shown. Some glaze loss and some chipping on the edge. One toe lost from dragons front foot, along with claw from another toe on the same foot. Crack on the side of the wood frame. A similar example can be found online in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Victoria and Albert example was collected from the palace at Nanjing collected by the famous sinologist William Percival Yetts (1878-1957) in 1908. Such tiles were placed at the edge of the roof in horizontal lines to mask the ends of the ridges of concave and convex tiles descending from the top roof ridge. There are 25 photographs included with this listing. If you have not seen 25 photos please scroll around and find them. Chinese Imperial Yellow Ming Pottery Goutou Tile Terminal 14th or 15th Century

Chinese Imperial Yellow Ming Pottery Goutou Tile Terminal 14th or 15th Century

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Description Chinese Imperial Yellow Ming Pottery Goutou Tile Terminal 14th or 15th Century

Deep relief five toe dragon chasing a flaming pearl, decorated in Imperial yellow glaze.

From an Imperial Building.    Collected on or before 1900. 

Made in China in the 1300's

About 7 5/8 inches in diameter (the tile).    The frame is about 9 3/4 inches in diameter.

It is about 2 inches deep.  From the crack in the side of the frame, the tile depth is about 1 1/4 inch deep.

Total weight is about 2.275 kg.

Silver plaque on the side of the frame which reads from MING TOMBS NANKOW PEKING CHINA 21st May 1900.

Condition as shown.   Some glaze loss and some chipping on the edge on the tile.   One toe lost from dragons front foot, along with claw from another toe on the same foot.   Crack on the side of the wood frame.

A similar example can be found online in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.    The Victoria and Albert example was collected from the palace at Nanjing collected by the famous sinologist William Percival Yetts (1878-1957) in 1908.

Such tiles were placed at the edge of the roof in horizontal lines to mask the ends of the ridges of concave and convex tiles descending from the top roof ridge.

There are 25 photographs included with this listing.    If you have not seen 25 photos please scroll around and find them.

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  • Condition: Good with some glaze loss, and crack to wood frame
  • Age: Pre-1800
  • Color: Yellow
  • Maker: China
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Primary Material: Porcelain & Pottery
  • Region of Origin: China

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