Ceramic roof tile with fragment of apsara, cloud designs / Artist Unknown, Korea
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- Accession Number
- 1979/2.3
- Title
- Ceramic roof tile with fragment of apsara, cloud designs
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Korea
- Artist Nationality
- Korean
- Medium and Support
- earthenware
- Object Creation Date
- 6th century
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Greiner
- Dimensions
- 3.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 7 cm (1 3/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. x 2 3/4 in.)
- Century
- 6th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- roof tile
- Secondary Object Classification
- Decorative Arts
- Physical Description
- It is a fragment of roof-end tile with apsara design in relief.
- Subject Matter
- Apsara design was appeared in Three Dynasty period. It can be found on the ancient tomb mural or espically on the Buddhist temple bell. It was usually carved in the form of bilateral symmetry on the roof-tile.
- Secondary Keywords
- building divisions
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- materials
- materials by form
- materials by physical form
- rooms and spaces
- rooms and spaces by form
- uncovered spaces
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 792 x 512
- File Size
- 36 KB
- Record
- 1979/2.3
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"Ceramic roof tile with fragment of apsara, cloud designs; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1979-sl-2.3/1979_2.3.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.