Decorative roof tile
A decorative ceramic roof tile depicting a standing mythological creature. The tile is glazed with different shades of green, yellow, and black. The figure, which has two horns on its head, stands on a cone-shaped base in the centre of a ridged roof tile. It is dressed in a robe with a large collar. The object probably dates back to the 17th century. (TB)
Material description: ceramics, coloured glaze
Manufacturing technique: modelled and colour glazed ceramics
Dimensions: length: 16.5 cm, height: 36 cm, depth: 11.8 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
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