Decorative roof tile
A decorative ceramic roof tile depicting a Chinese dignitary on a horse. The tile is glazed in various shades of green, black, orange-yellow and light brown. The horse stands still on a ridged roof tile, with its belly fixed to the centre by an attachment decorated with spirals representing clouds. It is equipped with reins and a rich blanket. Its rider is dressed in a long orange-yellow robe and wears dark brown boots. The object probably dates back to the 17th century. (TB)
Material description: ceramics, coloured glaze
Manufacturing technique: modelled and colour glazed ceramics
Dimensions: length: 28.5 cm, height (including the broken-off head): 38.5 cm, depth: 11 cm
No. of parts: 1
Current owner: Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Date of the last acquisition: 1963
Last acquisition method: donation
Previous owners and periods of ownership: Ivan Skušek, Jr. and Tsuneko Kondō Kawase – Marija Skušek, National Museum of Slovenia, Slovene Ethnographic Museum
Object condition, handling and damage: well preserved, the head has been re-glued, in some places the glaze has come off
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