국립중앙박물관 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA

Highlights
Concave Roof-end Tile with Bird Design
  • Nationality/Period

    Unified Silla Period

  • Materials

    Clay - Hard

  • Category

    Housing - Architecture sub-material - Roof Material - End-tile of Concave Roofing Tile

  • Dimensions

    H. 6.1cm, W. 18.2cm

  • Accession Number

    Jeung 1913

This is a hard-fired, blackish grey concave roof-end tile. The edge, adorned with a bead band, is partly broken. The tile’s face is decorated with a pair of birds facing each other in exquisite scroll designs.