Decorative roof tile
A decorative ceramic roof tile, with a green glaze, depicting a dragon with four claws. The top of the head is missing two attachments. The tail is turned upwards and shaped in relief with incised wavy curls. The sides depict the body, the surface of which is decorated with large scales in relief. A leg with scale-covered claws and a spiral is also depicted in relief. The object probably dates from the 17th century or later. (TB)
Material description: ceramics, coloured glaze
Manufacturing technique: modelled and colour glazed ceramics
Dimensions: length: 50 cm, height: 49 cm, depth: 15 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, in multiple places the glaze has come off, the attachments on the head are missing
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