Decorative roof tile
A decorative green-glazed ceramic roof tile in the shape of a lion. The lion figure is seated, with its hind legs on a brick and its front legs straight. Its tail is turned upwards and decorated with spirals and scales in relief, and incised lines. Relief lines and decorative swirls and spirals are carved into the wood of the figure. The mane is depicted with deeply incised lines that spiral at the end. 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: 23 cm, height: 37 cm, depth: 14 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 glaze is badly damaged, a small part of the tile is broken off
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